References

“Everybody should do it on a Monday!”

- Yogi von Horn – Vissionary in The Crack


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What people say

Sascha Amarasinha, Chief executive, Respond – Center of Communication and Evocative Leadership

In “the Crack” Fiction Pimps invited us to enter the realm between fiction, realty and dream. With kindness, sensuality and a well-conceived concept “The Crack” gave us an opportunity to leap into a state of reflection, creativity, collective consciousness and individual manifestation. An intriguing staging of the future – induced by intelligent use of kitsch, props and personal presense. Fiction Pimps are in it for more than an moment of entertainment. They aim at changing our view on the poetry and potential of everyday life. And that change is indeed called for.
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Thomas H. Callisen, Senior Manager

I experienced the Fiction Pimps in action during a House of Futures arrangement, April 2010, on civil engagement for a good course (denoted as Borgerlyst in Danish). I was thrilled about the creativity and courage of the Fiction Pimps as I witnessed how the discourse was pushed from a predominantly logical space to a richer domain where other aspects of perception and understanding were in play.  I personally carried a number of ideas with me, for instance of how the approaches of the Fiction Pimps might be used in other settings where expanding the narrative processes would be desired.

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Søren Steen Olsen, Futurist, cand.polit. and Partner in public futures and Steen Svendsen
Futurist, cand.scient.pol., and Partner in public futures

Fiction Pimps bliver du aldrig vant til. De er business og teater, og de er gode til begge dele, men deres speciale er fusionen mellem dem. De bringer elementer sammen fra forskellige verdner, der normalt lever adskilt. De åbner døre, du kan gå ind ad – eller ud ad. De fanger dig på det forkerte ben for at sætte dig fri et andet sted. Du kan blive forstyrret og foruroliget, når de får dig til at miste fodfæstet, men kun for i samme øjeblik at opdage, at du hele tiden har været vægtløs og derfor ikke kan falde. Det handler om at lege, for alvor. Når du har lært det, kan du bevæge dig nye steder hen.

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Camilla Gøhler Ryberg, Project manager of the campaign VI KBH’R', The Municipality of Copenhagen

VI KBH’R’ Blender blev arrangeret for at invitere unge Københavnere til at give en vision for, hvilken retning København bør udvikle sig i. Fiction Pimps skabte et Blender Crack eller rettere et univers, der bød alle velkommen uanset alder, køn, etnicitet, seksualitet og social baggrund. Tid og sted faldt i baggrunden til fordel for såvel store som små visioner for styrkelse af fællesskab og sammenhold og København som alles by som igen blev sendt ud iverden via flaksepost og virtuelt igennem VI KBH’R’s blog. Fiction pimps Crack har store potentialer i forhold til borgerinddragelse og visionsarbejde.

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Gitte Larsen, Founder of House of Futures and Editions

“I’ll say they are specialist in making special treatments. They’ll make a special room for you if you come visit us. At the first ‘Week of Futures’ they made what they called “The Crack”. In there they will open your senses in a way that you usually don’t do in business and politics.”

- Quote from TV Europa, January 2011

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Articles

Fiction Pimping – Det poetiske liv i mellemrummet, Teater 1, Oktober 2010

The Crack, AFART, Oktober 2010

Fiction Pimping, ISSUES, April 2010

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Written by the press

Bland dig i byen i The Crack, RUCnyt, October 2010

Fiktive universer på gadeplan, Nordvestnyt, October 2010

Swing Pigalle var krydret med pikanterier og absinth, Politiken, October 2009

Teater og cabaret er det nye i nattelivet and Magien tilbage til folket, Urban, October 2009