coyote Collective Opens First Institutional Solo Exhibition at O–Overgaden
The Danish-Swedish artist collective coyote, active since 2017, presents its first institutional solo exhibition at O–Overgaden in Copenhagen's Christianshavn district. The group tore down an end wall to reveal hidden factory windows, opening a view of the city. The wall's panelling was repurposed into tables and sculptural elements. The exhibition features footage from an endoscopic camera of cracks in asphalt on Korsgade, linked to a 1983 squatter escape tunnel. The invitation drawing references the 1970s Danish TV series 'Huset på Christianshavn'. At the opening, Swedish artist Annika Eriksson restaged 'Copenhagen Postmen's Orchestra' (1996), performed by the actual Copenhagen Post Orchestra playing Portishead's 'Sour Times'. coyote previously served as jury and curator for the 2025 Spring Exhibition at Charlottenborg, introducing categories like 'unfinished works'. The collective's members remain anonymous; press images feature collaborators photographed by Anders Edström in Stockholm and Absalon Kirkeby in Copenhagen. The group's work explores urban navigation, institutional critique, and collective memory, drawing on references from Julie Ault's writings on slowing down the 'industry treadmill'.
Key facts
- coyote is a Danish-Swedish artist collective active since 2017.
- The exhibition is coyote's first institutional solo show at O–Overgaden.
- The group tore down an end wall to expose hidden factory windows.
- The wall panelling was reused as tables and sculptural elements.
- Footage from an endoscopic camera shows cracks in asphalt on Korsgade, linked to a 1983 squatter escape tunnel.
- The invitation drawing references the TV series 'Huset på Christianshavn' (1970–1977).
- Annika Eriksson restaged 'Copenhagen Postmen's Orchestra' at the opening, performed by the Copenhagen Post Orchestra.
- coyote curated the 2025 Spring Exhibition at Charlottenborg, adding 'unfinished works' as a category.
- Press images feature collaborators, not the members themselves, photographed by Anders Edström and Absalon Kirkeby.
- The collective references Julie Ault's writings on institutional critique.
Entities
Artists
- Annika Eriksson
- Anders Edström
- Absalon Kirkeby
- Julie Ault
- Lars Nittve
- Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl
- coyote
Institutions
- O–Overgaden
- Kunstkritikk
- Charlottenborg
- Danish Ministry of Culture
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
- Copenhagen Post Orchestra
- O-Overgaden
Locations
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
- Christianshavn
- Korsgade
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Amagergade
- Christiania
- Sofiegården
- Øresund
- Allotria
- Venedig
- København