Time Traveller
Time Traveller by the Danish artist and clairvoyant Anu Ramdas explores her research for the exhibition Time Traveller [Coordinates beyond the Horizon of Pure O], during which she made a remarkable discovery in a German archive: a unique document of cultural history, a record of lengthy conversations which Princess Louise (1764-1815) arranged in her home, The White Mansion at Augustenborg Palace. During these ‘salons’, the court at Augustenborg and members of the Royal Family discussed topics such as The French Revolution, Kant, Schiller, and the role of women in society.
In Time Traveller the original document from 1793 is reprinted with Danish and English translations, along with a contemporary re-enactment of the salon, which took place in the spring of 2024 in the historical rooms in The White Mansion where the original conversations took place. The contemporary perspectives shed light on both differences and similarities between the revolutionary unrest in 1793 and our own time.
The book also contains extensive documentation of Ramdas’ exhibition at Augustiana, along with two essays. Curator Rebekka Elisabeth Anker-Møller looks at the exhibition’s themes and Ramdas’ practice in a wider perspective, while art historian Christopher Sand-Iversen analyses the document from 1793 and unfolds its historical context.
The book also includes a ‘Glossary for Time Travellers’, which guides the the reader through the references which may have been lost in the 232 years that have passed between 1793 and 2025.
Time Traveller, 224 pages
Languages: Danish and English
Time Traveller by the Danish artist and clairvoyant Anu Ramdas explores her research for the exhibition Time Traveller [Coordinates beyond the Horizon of Pure O], during which she made a remarkable discovery in a German archive: a unique document of cultural history, a record of lengthy conversations which Princess Louise (1764-1815) arranged in her home, The White Mansion at Augustenborg Palace. During these ‘salons’, the court at Augustenborg and members of the Royal Family discussed topics such as The French Revolution, Kant, Schiller, and the role of women in society.
In Time Traveller the original document from 1793 is reprinted with Danish and English translations, along with a contemporary re-enactment of the salon, which took place in the spring of 2024 in the historical rooms in The White Mansion where the original conversations took place. The contemporary perspectives shed light on both differences and similarities between the revolutionary unrest in 1793 and our own time.
The book also contains extensive documentation of Ramdas’ exhibition at Augustiana, along with two essays. Curator Rebekka Elisabeth Anker-Møller looks at the exhibition’s themes and Ramdas’ practice in a wider perspective, while art historian Christopher Sand-Iversen analyses the document from 1793 and unfolds its historical context.
The book also includes a ‘Glossary for Time Travellers’, which guides the the reader through the references which may have been lost in the 232 years that have passed between 1793 and 2025.
Time Traveller, 224 pages
Languages: Danish and English
Time Traveller by the Danish artist and clairvoyant Anu Ramdas explores her research for the exhibition Time Traveller [Coordinates beyond the Horizon of Pure O], during which she made a remarkable discovery in a German archive: a unique document of cultural history, a record of lengthy conversations which Princess Louise (1764-1815) arranged in her home, The White Mansion at Augustenborg Palace. During these ‘salons’, the court at Augustenborg and members of the Royal Family discussed topics such as The French Revolution, Kant, Schiller, and the role of women in society.
In Time Traveller the original document from 1793 is reprinted with Danish and English translations, along with a contemporary re-enactment of the salon, which took place in the spring of 2024 in the historical rooms in The White Mansion where the original conversations took place. The contemporary perspectives shed light on both differences and similarities between the revolutionary unrest in 1793 and our own time.
The book also contains extensive documentation of Ramdas’ exhibition at Augustiana, along with two essays. Curator Rebekka Elisabeth Anker-Møller looks at the exhibition’s themes and Ramdas’ practice in a wider perspective, while art historian Christopher Sand-Iversen analyses the document from 1793 and unfolds its historical context.
The book also includes a ‘Glossary for Time Travellers’, which guides the the reader through the references which may have been lost in the 232 years that have passed between 1793 and 2025.
Time Traveller, 224 pages
Languages: Danish and English
Anu Ramdas: Time Traveller. 224 pages. Full colour images. Texts in Danish and English. Archival document in German reproduced by kind permission.