UKENDT KENDT / Nyt dansk lydværk

I 2026 fejrer Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum sit 50-års jubilæum med temaet "tilgængelighed". Som en del af jubilæumsåret lancerer museet det nye lydværk UKENDT KENDT, skabt af musikerne Lars Greve og Lis Raabjerg Kruse fra Resonerende Rum i tæt samarbejde med borgere fra handicap- og psykiatriområdet i Herning Kommune.

Lydværket kan opleves udendørs i den indre Angligård hver dag mellem 10 og 16. Der er gratis adgang til gården døgnet rundt.

In 2026, the Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary under the theme of “accessibility.” As part of the anniversary year, the museum presents the new sound artwork UNKNOWN KNOWN, created by musicians Lars Greve and Lis Raabjerg Kruse from Resonerende Rum in close collaboration with citizens with disabilities and mental health challenges in Herning Municipality.

The sound work can be experienced outdoors in the inner Angli courtyard every day between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The courtyard is freely accessible around the clock.

UNKNOWN KNOWN is composed by Lars Greve, woodwind musician, composer, and artistic director of Resonerende Rum. The soundscape is shaped through musical communities with children, young people, and adults from special schools, open folk high schools, and specialized day programs in Herning Municipality. Led by Lis Raabjerg Kruse, musician and educational director at Resonerende Rum, Minihøjskolen, Skovlyset, and Valdemarskolen are co-creators of the sound artwork.

Through musical improvisation and shared sonic experimentation, participants have contributed musical visions, words, and above all the music you hear. It is the sound of lived lives, explains Lis Raabjerg Kruse:

“They are people who, for most of their lives, have been ‘known’ for their diagnoses, disabilities, and medical histories – but in an improvisational community they are, first and foremost, musicians with a great deal to offer. In this work, they are given the microphone and the space they deserve – as musicians and as human beings. As one participant put it, he does not dream of becoming world-famous, but of being seen and acknowledged for who he is – hence the title UNKNOWN KNOWN.”

Carl-Henning Pedersen’s monumental relief was originally created for shirt manufacturer Aage Damgaard’s Angli factory in Birk. When the work was completed in 1968, it was under one essential condition: that the art should be publicly accessible. That intention is now carried forward through UNKNOWN KNOWN. 

For the museum, accessibility is not only about physical access to art, but also about who is given the opportunity to see themselves reflected in it—and who is allowed to be heard.

Museum Director Lotte Korshøj says:

“Accessibility goes far beyond the museum’s ability to make its collection available. There are many barriers in the encounter with art—even when works are physically accessible. That is why UNKNOWN KNOWN is such an important project. Here, we give a voice to citizens from the disability and mental health sectors who are not always given a voice or a natural entry point into the world of art.”

In our press release, you can read more about the sound work and the collaboration between Resonerende Rum and the Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt Museum.