Red Door 29

EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL
06
Dear all,
Please insert here the appropriate new year
greetings and best wishes, an optimistic yet
realistic phrase on how to set projects and
resolutions by aiming high while continuing
to be in the middle of a global pandemic. I am
a poet, yes, but I think this message needs to
adjust individually based on the region and
situation these words find you, so please
imagine I have said just what you wanted to
hear in order to feel inspired and comforted.
Now, getting straight to the point: The
themes of the magazine are often chosen
by the collaborators and correspondents of
the magazine. The theme of UNINHABITED
was chosen by Tremella radio host Solveig
Willum, who is an outdoors enthusiast and
lecturer on the subject, and with whom Red
Door is collaborating this summer to host
the very first Uninhabited International Film
Festival, a series of documentaries, short films,
poetry films and lectures on precisely that:
The uninhabited, undisturbed, untainted
places of our planet...and humanity’s
relationship with nature. This is why it was
the perfect opportunity to focus our eyes on
the landscapes, on the abandoned lands,
on the empty spaces, through the art of
three very different artists, two who focus on
landscapes and one whose art is an entire
world of scenes of the aftermath, homes left
behind in some corner of our own being.
Alan Rankle’s landscapes lean towards
abstraction but are also enchanting scenes
of their own, and I look very much forward to
hosting his exhibition at Red Door this spring.
Of Per Adolfsen, you will read more in the
pages of his featured article, and you can
hear his thoughts directly on the podcast.
Before I go on there is something that I need
to mention regarding the choice of artists in
these pages, because I am often speaking of
inclusion. I want to note that I did do research,
and contact artists of other genders, but
sadly did not hear back from any of them. I do
not say this as an excuse, but to encourage
the readers of this magazine to help with the
curation and diversity of the work in these
pages, so that all colors and genders are
represented... and to keep me in check too.
Speaking of goals for 2022, there’s
something I am attempting to push forward
with a group of collaborators of Red Door.
We have in the past spoken of Red Press, as
an independent publishing project, mainly of
poetry in translation, which I began with the
poet Lalo Barrubia. There is a series of books
in various languages which we have busily
translated to English, and which I hope to
begin releasing later this year.
Then there’s also Tremella Radio, an
independent radio station of literary and
cultural conversations, wellness, mindfulness
and excellent music... and the physical
gallery on Møllegade, always welcoming
new exhibitions, but which has been forced
to be closed more often than open the past
two years due to the pandemic. If you are
reading this you probably know that I run all
these projects independently, with no private
nor public support, apart from my patreon
subscribers. Here is my official invitation to
you, to join me this year that begins now, and
begin receiving your quarterly subscription
of the magazine:
www.patreon.com/madamneverstop
or simply give a pledge of your support and
help me continue all these projects, which
aim to document, entertain and inform, from
both a local and international standpoint,
with many voices and initiatives.
This paragraph must be the one where I
share my gratitude, my joy and my delight
to be working with the cultural organizers,
collaborators, correspondents and artists
who make of Red Door such a beautiful
publication. Special thanks to Frank, Colm
and Magnus in Kultivera, Dominic, Mel and
Aleisa in Litteraturcentrum KVU, Solveig
Willum, Martin Andersen, Tanya Cosio, Mario
Z. Publisi, Brandon Davis, and of course to
my husband Dr. Hansen who is so giving
and willing to help out at every exhibition,
give an ear to every podcast, and provide
the emotional support during the long winter
months and all year round.
To each and everyone of you who since
2009 has accompanied Red Door Magazine
through its transformations and adventures,
may poetry keep you warm, inspired, alive.
-Madam Neverstop.