from the city by the river.



to the people, who made up this place, that has been home for the last six years.
non of you forgotten.



thank you, thank you, thank you.

chris stain & armsrock
with the help of kevin reynolds, heather jones and robyn disaster.

Last night riot police broke into the “Brorsons” church in copenhagen and arrested a group of Iraqi asylum seekers that have been housed in the church through the last three months. The arrests happened against the will of the asylum seekers and were significantly brutal.
It is the first time in danish history that the police choses to violate the tradition of the church as a sanctuary.

For several hours, hundreds of activist tried to stop the police from driving the asylum seekers away from the the church. The police responded to this non-violent blockade with the use of dogs, batons and pepperspray, many of the activist were injured and at least five arrested.

The police conducted the arrest on the same day as the prime minister of iraq, nuri al-maliki, announced that there is no agreement between denmark and iraq about the forceful deportations of any iraqi refugees currently located in denmark.

The danish minister of integration,birthe rønn hornbech, have decided to overrule the reports coming from Amnesty International, Red Barnet and UHNCR, saying not to deport any iraqi refugees.
Neither the police nor the danish government wish to claim responsibility for the decision to evict the “brorsons” church.

there is still a possibility of stopping the deportations.
Today (thursday the 13.08.09. at 18.00) the initiative “church asylum” organizes a demonstration, from the “brorsons” church on Rantzausgade to the danish parliament to protest against the inhumane and racist policies of the danish government.

For more information go to the homepage of “church asylum” here (in danish)

there is a lot of money needed to finance the struggle against the deportations, therefor the initiative “aktion auktion” are preparing a benefit art-auction which will take place on the 10th of september.
you can read more about it here (in danish)

More information on this will follow soon.

It is with great pleasure that I can hereby invite you to the opening of
“I know there is love”.
An exhibition made in collaboration with Chris Stain.

The opening is on Friday, August 7th, from 7-10pm
The show will be open during regular gallery hours from August 7th – September 6th 2009.

Address:
Ad Hoc Art Gallery
49 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718.366.2466

For more information go to:

http://adhocart.org
http://chrisstain.com