Institute of X is a part of Godsbanen, a former railway traffic area now officially dedicated by the municipality of Aarhus to become a future culture hub in the very heart of the city.

Several non-commercial cultural events (organized by themselves) have taken place here. Everything from art exhibitions, concerts, children- and family events, municipal meetings, “open house”, cultural salons, festivals and more.

The Institute of X is an example of how work and home and flow together form a temporary urban environment in mobile devices, with industrial neighborhoods, businesses and homes.

The plans with the area have been to make room for the creative entrepreneurs, but only if it is temporary. The area has, over the last few years, developed into a limbo of temporariness where nothing stays the same for long. It is an area where CHANGE is the only thing permanent.

Join a district walk and hear, feel and see the limbo. Hear about the basic tendencies for this kind of urban society.

We will finish the day with a WINE CELLAR REFLECTION workshop. In the WINE CELLAR REFLECTION workshop, we will have a SYMPOSIUM-STYLE sit down in a nano-style urban winery – talking and tasting. The topic will be urban development, and urban planning, in a library perspective. Our guide and host will be Winemaker and Cultural Strategist: Jonas Bøgh Larsen. Temporariness is key!

DKK 300 (EUR 40)

Meeting point: Godsbanen, Skovgaardsgade 3, Aarhus C.

Guide: Louise Lærke Porsborg Gatten and Bureau Detours