Leif Bork Hansen

“We believe in hospitality as
a necessary act in a society
of social and political unbalance” rum46

Press Release

Welcome to an evening debate with Leif Bork Hansen

The exhibition site rum46 presents from December 2002 to October 2003 the international art project “Gæstebud” (Feast/Hospitality)

Approximately 30 artists are participating in the project. As an introduction to the project we are presenting a number of lectures and happenings to provoke a debate on the theme “hospitality”.

For our second lecture we have invited the priest Leif Bork Hansen.

Conscience, Hospitality, and Civil Disobedience

Leif Bork Hansen spontanously welcomed a group of refugees from East Slovania to his home when they were denied asylum in 1998. He did this in the belief that the asylum seekers had received an unfair treatment: from the Danish authorities. In hiding the East Slovenians from the authorities Leif Bork Hansen violated the law.

Leif Bork Hansen has,on several occasions, on humanitarian grounds ,

demonstrated civil disobedience. In denying accepted laws and political decisions,, he is in a conflict zone between personal ethic and breaking the law.

The evenings lecture is an invitation to debate the coexistence between conscience, hospitality, and civil disobedience.

Where as our first lecture,“Hospitality - an impossible necessity”, presented a teoretical approach to this subject,, this arrangement is focused on taking an active part and the necessity of disobedience in a democratic society.

Leif Bork Hansen has a Master in Theology and is a priest in Lyngby.

All are welcome in rum46 Wednesday, January 29 at 7:30 pm in Studsgade 46, Århus
Coffee will be served and we look forward to a good discussion
Free admission

Best regards
rum46

e-mail: rum46@rum46.dk


January 29th 2003 Conscience, Hospitality, and Civil Disobedience Leif Bork Hansen

		“We believe in hospitality as a necessary act in a society of social and political unbalance” rum46 Press Release Welcome to an evening debate with Leif Bork Hansen The exhibition site rum46 presents from December 2002 to October 2003 the international art project “Gæstebud” (Feast/Hospitality) Approximately 30 artists are participating in the project. As an introduction to the project we are presenting a number of lectures and happenings to provoke a debate on the theme “hospitality”. For our second lecture we have invited the priest Leif Bork Hansen. Conscience, Hospitality, and Civil Disobedience Leif Bork Hansen spontanously welcomed a group of refugees from East Slovania to his home when they were denied asylum in 1998. He did this in the belief that the asylum seekers had received an unfair treatment: from the Danish authorities. In hiding the East Slovenians from the authorities Leif Bork Hansen violated the law. Leif Bork Hansen has,on several occasions, on humanitarian grounds , demonstrated civil disobedience. In denying accepted laws and political decisions,, he is in a conflict zone between personal ethic and breaking the law. The evenings lecture is an invitation to debate the coexistence between conscience, hospitality, and civil disobedience. Where as our first lecture,“Hospitality - an impossible necessity”, presented a teoretical approach to this subject,, this arrangement is focused on taking an active part and the necessity of disobedience in a democratic society. Leif Bork Hansen has a Master in Theology and is a priest in Lyngby. All are welcome in rum46 Wednesday, January 29 at 7:30 pm in Studsgade 46, Århus Coffee will be served and we look forward to a good discussion Free admission Best regards rum46 e-mail: rum46@rum46.dk
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