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ACTIONHYGGE
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An archive of permalinksto projects & happenings
initiated or co-hosted
by distortion, human,
nusnus, animal,
karrusel etc.
When it's good we call it
ActionHygge.
Reality Always Wins,
Good Luck.
-tdf.
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>> ARCHIVES >>
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CHRONOLOGY >>
2024
Distortion
Street Party // official Street 2024
aftermovie
Distortion
Ø // official Ø 2024 aftermovie
Distortion
X // official X 2024 aftermovie
Disto
2024 Nørrebro // tdf report on fb
Karrusel 2024 //
tdf report on fb
Karrusel 2024 //
official aftermovie
Kaleido 2024 // tdf fb report
2023
BIG HQ Opening by
NusNus Agency // tdf fb report
Distortion
Street Party 2023 // ActionHygge
aftermovie
Distortion
Ø // official Ø 2023 aftermovie
Distortion
X // official X 2023 aftermovie
Karrusel
2023 // official
video & pics gallery
Disto 2023 // tdf fb report
Disto 2023 // big tdf fb recap
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF DISTORTION!!
2022
DISTORTION 2022 -
STREET PARTY REBIRTH!!
WATERFEST 2022 //
new dødsning minifestival @ Havnefesten (death diving)
Karrusel 2022 // video & photos
2021
Hangaren //
new nightclub & venue
opens during Corona break
summer 2021
Eternal Sunday - DISTORTION 2020
Eternal Sunday - Corona campaign
2019
New Venue: Hallen i Skoven //
this became Hangaren nightclub in 2021
Distortion 2019 // 29 May - 2 June
PwC Sommerfest // 13. Sept. 2019
Karrusel 2019 // 30-31 August
2018
20 YEARS OF
DISTORTION
photo book, medails, videos, manifest...
2017
Distortion 2017 // 31 May - 4 June
Copenhagen 850 //
850-års-dagen for Københavns grundliggelse
for Københavns Kommune & Kulturkvarteret &
Golden Days.
Karrusel 2017 // 7-9
September
2016
Animal Communication // new website (Sept.2016)
Distortion
2016 // 1-5 June
Karrusel 2016 // 8-10
September
2015
Distortion 2015 // 2-6 June
Folkefest på Slotsholmen //
en hyldest til 100-års-dagen for Grundloven af 1915 på
Christiansborg Slot, bestilt af Folketinget. 8 scener,
15.000+ gæster (5.June 2015)
Karrusel
2015 // 3-5 September
2014
Distortion
2014 // 4-8 June
Wilhelm Scenen = Klassisk
Distortion 2014 // NILS FRAHM LIVE
Karrusel
2014 // 4-6 September
2013
Distortion 2013 // 29 May - 2 June - good reportage
Havefest 2013 //
Amagerfælled Garden Party, September
Fonden Distortion København // March 2013
2012
DISTORTION POP-UPS //
mobile party magic.(30.May-3.June.12)
DISTORTION 2012 // Fantastic
reportage.(30.May-3.June.12)
Zulu hacking //
Hacking the largest pop-culture award ceremony in
Denmark (Sat.8.March.12)
human office -
holding // new website
Animal
Communication // new website
Nus/Nus //
new website
2011
Monki //
openeing event Flagship Store Strøget (Sept. 2011)
DISTORTION 2011 // Oh shit!! Oh well.
legendary clip!! (1-5 June 2011)
Hello
Malmö // Folkets Park + Far I Hatten. Thank
you Mattias FullPull (Sat.21.May.11)
Hello
Oslo // Afternoon bus party Oslo + champagne
fishing + afterparty at Blå. Thank you Gaute Oslo Live
(Mon.16.May.11)
Hello
Berlin // Vodka fishing in the canal with
Smirnoff, afterparty at Stattbadt Wedding with Live
Mixtape by Michael Mayer (Sat.14.May.11)
LIVE MIXTAPE 2011 //
New Entertainment Format
2010
New Media Days 2010 & SXSW // Reception, Award Ceremony & Party at Elefanten, Carlsberg for SXSW (Tue.9.Nov.10)
Carlsberg in the Dark //
Kulturnat event for Visit Carlsberg. (Fri.15.Okt.10)
Vi
KBH'R // For Kbh Kommune på DR Koncerthuset
(Sat.18.Sep.10)
>> DISTORTION 2010 //
Probably the best distortion year in the world
@Carlsberg (2-6.Jun.10) <<
Copenhagen
Photo Festival - Opening Reception //
Distortion team designed & hosted an opening
reception for the brand new Copenhagen
Photo Festival (Wed.12.May.10)
Sticker
Licker 2010 // Annual Distortion street & body campaign (8.May.10)
Launch Party i Klimafængslet // ActionHygge.com Party #1: Raving the Klimafængslet clean of bad vibes. (Sat.6.Mar.10)
ActionHygge.com Launch V.2.0 // Copenhagen is
FINE RAW HOT again. Thank you rent-a-coder and Muhlad in
Pakistan. (Fri.5. Mar.2010)
2009
Distortion Aperitif //
Unofficial launch DR KoncertHus
Earth Journalism Awards // DR Concert Hall for Internews Europe (Mon.14.Dec.09)
Raverbus to Total 10
afterparty // Distortion Raverbus, afterparty
shuttle from Total 10 to afterparty for Kompakt,
Cologne (Fri.14.Aug.09).
Europareise Partybus to C-O-POP 2009 //
Distortion Raverbus to Danish Entourage party, for MXD at C-O-POP,
Köln (Thu.13.Aug.09).
Pool Party at Sonar 2009 //
Arranged by Tomas Barfod, thank you MXD (Sat.20.Jun.09).
DISTORTION
2009 // 66 parties, 39.850 people in 5 days.
The 2010 trailer is a superb little documentary filmed
in 2009 (3-7 Jun.09).
Trash Limo
R.I.P. // Our limousine is dead. Her Memory
Lives on. (Jan.2009)
2008
Sensation 2008 Copenhagen // PR, Marketing, Glamour Area with Neon. (Sat.15.Nov.08)
Balloons,
Tits and Limousines // Promotion Campaign
(Fri.24&Sat.25.Okt.08)
Stubnitz
2008 // The party boat is back - for 5 weeks
of concerts and parties curated by Jazz
Klub Loco and Distortion
(23.Jun-26.Jul.08)
Actionhygge #03 //
actionhygge hosts the big dinner party at Final Party
Distortion 2008. thank you Nanna & V1 (Sat.7.Jun.08)
DISTORTION 2008 // 56 parties, 31.600 people
in 5 days, Sunday afterparty. (4-8
June)
LIMO &
TRAILER // actionhygge party #02 is launch
party for the "Trash Limo" and the "Trailer Disco"
Tiger PartyParty // Mads Nørgaard Copenhagen
#02 & Floor Wars #04 make a very good start for 2008
on the Tiger Party Party page (Jan-Feb-Mar.08)
The Copenhagen Post //
after exactly 10 years, the human office ends its weekly
Guide & Production work for The Copenhagen Post
(1.Mar.08)
actionhygge.com //
the "human circles" list of human infomail become "human
army" = Copenhagen's FINE RAW HOT action website goes
live with 3.600 members (16.Feb.08)
Human
Office // new website
Nus/Nus //
new website
2007
actionhygge.com launch party // Kødbyen becomes a creative district of Copenhagen. We were hired officially as consultants by the City Council and made this party as a little pre-launch. (08.Dec.07)
REALITY ROCKS '07 //
Dox-Distortion, the party marathon within the
fabulous CPH:DOX festival, is
now renamed to 'Reality Rocks' (1-17.Nov.07)
Liquid Chain Party // FOS Book
Release Party at Indre By Medborgerhus
(15.Sept.07)
Distortion Animal Tour @ C/O
Pop // German electronic pop festival invites
10 leading European festivals to do their thing. We
killed. (17.Aug.07)
RRR #01 // Roskilde
Renegade Rave #01 = Roskilde
Festival camping area (wed.4.july.07)
Nus/Nus //
the human office sets up a new ApS company to overtake
the human infomail network and the Distortion festival
(June-Nov.07)
Party
Party Website // New TigerBeer party website:
product placement + web-design+ cultural branding
(launched in June.07)
DISTORTION 2007 //
The Block Party year, a turning point in Distortion
history: over 10.000 guests !! (30.May-3.June.07)
Playstation
3 Launch // "This Is Living" party with many
PS3 lounges & dancefloor at Hotel Fox + rave at
Pressen, Town Hall Square (17.Mar.07)
NATFILM Festival Party //
Closing Galla Party for Denmark's largest film festival,
at Grand Teatret (31.Mar.07)
Ungdomshuset Human Statement//
the human office is non-political, until it becomes
humanly unacceptable (9.mar.07)
Vice Party // Vice party at the Copenhagen
Fashion Week, at The Rock. (9.Feb.07)
Sweat'n'Tears - Sidste Lørdag
med kliken // Monthly club in partnership
with Club Loco & Copeland, at Stengade30
(Jan-May.07)
IN&OUT
- The Copenhagen Post Guide// weekly editing &
production of 16 pages of guide for The Copenhagen Post
(Jan-Dec.07)
2006
Nus/Nus // name and concept founded, originally intended for a project in Valencia on Vesterbrogade 34 (Nov.06)
Dox-Distortion '06 // all events during CPH:DOX 2006,
curated & promoted by Distortion (9-18.Nov.06)
Champagne
& HotDogs // Champagne og Pølser, for
Copenhagen Music Week & MTV EMA 06 (Oct-Nov.06)
Stubnitz
'06 // Distortion curates 31 parties in 31
days on Stubnitz (6.July-6.Aug.06)
DISTORTION 2006 //
crazy year (31.May-4.June.06)
Vice Party // Fashion
Week event at ZumBiergarten (10.Feb.07)
Hotel
Pro Forma Party // Opening party for Algebra
Of Place by Hotel Pro Forma, at
ZumBier (4.Feb.06)
IN&OUT
- The Copenhagen Post Guide //
weekly editing & production of 16 pages of guide for
The Copenhagen Post (Jan-Dec.06)
2005
Dox-Distortion '05 // Super collaboration between Distortion and CPH:DOX (Nov.05)
PSP Launch // PlayStation
Portable Launch party on a rooftop with free
Limousine service, at A-Huset (26.Aug.05)
Vice Party //
Fashion Week summer Vice party
on a (windy) beach and two boats on Holmen
(5.Aug.05)
PPP
#06 // Pirate Party Pack #06 = Flintholm
>> Dronning Tværgade parkeringsplads >> too
many grafitti = P.P.P.R.I.P. (29.july.05)
PPP
#05 // Pirate Party Pack #05 = 3-hour
surprise rave on a boat (preparty to DDD05 Final Party,
4.june.05)
DISTORTION 2005 //
with BPitchCtrl & Optimo & Solid Water &
ElectroGoGo & Kitsuné & La Johnson, Royal
Theatre (1-4.June.05)
La Fête de l'Institut //
design, promotion, production of French-Danish festival
to launch the new Institut Francais de
Copenhague, French
Embassy (29-30.Apr.05)
Project
Fox // curator & network & promotor
for all party activities for the Fox Project, world
launch of the new VW Fox car (2-23.Apr.05)
NATFILM //
scouting, booking, promotion, production for
Copenhagen's biggest and best film festival
(Mar-Apr.05)
PPP
#04 // Pirate Party Pack #04 = The Barn on
Amager Strand (12.Mar.05)
PPP
#03 // Pirate Party Pack #03 = Backdoor
Action @ Kat (28.Jan.05)
IN&OUT
- The Copenhagen Post Guide // weekly editing
& production of 12 pages of guide for The Copenhagen
Post (Jan-Dec.05)
Vice Launch Party //
Launch Party for Vice Magazine
Scandinavia, with M.I.A., Selfish Cunt, Diplo, Stahlwerk
at Halvandet (11.Feb.05).
"Go Woke, Go Broke" guys.
2004
Dox-Distortion '04// New partnership CPH:DOX & Distortion (4-13.Nov.04)
PPP
#02 // Pirate Party Pack #02 = Gaza Plads
>> Arne Jacobsens parkeringsplads Dronningens
Tværgade (Oct.04)
PPP
#01 // Pirate Party Pack #01 = Rococo Rave @
Dronningens Tværgade 123 tank - (11.Sept.04)
Bobbler
2005 // Mads Nørgaard social fashion
happening, at Café Europa 1989 and in the toilets under
Storkspringvandet (fashion week, Aug.04)
DISTORTION 2004 // The
double-bus-double-boat-choreography year, with colette,
D-I-R-T-Y, Simian Mobile Disco, Superflex... final party
in Silo (2-6.June.04)
Bloc Party Afterparty // for
Bloc Party & Interpol at Stereobar with Kjeld
Tolstrup & We Got Beef (??.2004)
IN&OUT - The Copenhagen Post Guide //
Weekly editing & production of 12 pages of guide for
The Copenhagen Post (Jan-Dec.04)
Københavnerprisen 2003 - DADA
is alive // We hosted a dadaist performance
at the very last Nat&Dag Københavnerpris (24.Jan.04)
human website v.2004 //
flash
sucks, .gifs rock.
2003
DISTORTION 2003 //
the first turning point: Kjeld Tolstrup said it was the
best party he played in 10 years. Distortion's very
first international bookings: TTC, Feadz, Superpitcher.
Pre-party in bus and boat - then Final party at
Halvandet:
After 5 years, Distortion became legend in the
social art & rave underground (28-1.June.03)
The Rapture Afterparrty // for The Rapture
& Fat Truckers at Stereobar with Tam Tam (?? 2003)
TimeOut
& BBC & CondéNast & Canal+ & British
Airways Go // between 1998-2003, human office
& team produced more articles & reviews about
Copenhagen culture than anyone else in the world.
IN&OUT
- The Copenhagen Post Guide // weekly editing
& production of 8 pages of guide for The Copenhagen
Post (Jan-Dec.03)
Punk Royal 2-year party// our first "event" for a
commercial customer: amazing night. It was the highlight
of the Copenhagen Fashion Week. Gossip rumor was that
Helena Christensen & Nikolaj Lie-Kaas were secretly
kissing in a corner (7.Aug.03)
Club Wagadudu // 7 parties in a year, was our
first "club" (Aug.02-Aug.03)
2002-2001-2000-1999-1998
DISTORTION 2002-1998 //
"Distortion - a Celebration of Copenhagen Nightlife" was
born as a 1-day festival in Mantra (underneath Tivoli)
on a Thursday in September 1998 and pulled ca 300 guests
- featuring videos by FOS & Tal R + DJ Master Fatman
+ street-jembe by some crazy bare-torso dude from
Strøget + a tacky kinky latex erotica show + a female
drum'n'bass guest-dj from NYC + DJ Kong + DJ Colonel +
DJs Aaron&Dennis + 600 free Absolut vodka shots + we
crashed a pre-party in a Burger King with a Gramse
Spektrum record release + planned an afterparty in a
Bodega on Skindergade... In 1999 we hosted one-day
minifestival Distortion events in Mantra and in the
Henning Larsen buildings (then: Unibank-Nordea) on
Christiansbro in Christianshavn, headlining Kjeld
Tolstrup.
Distortion became a 5-day
mobile festival in June 2000.
Our very first official street event, the Fuckers &
Truckers bus, had 62 guests, preparty to the first Final
Party at Basecamp, Holmen with Jean von Baden.
HUMAN
INFOMAIL // in Nov.01, we dropped the RCBF
NetTV show and turned into a FINE-RAW-HOT newsletter,
mailing out to the “37 Amigos”.
RCBF - Reality Can Be Fun // Weekly Internet
TV show, live,
15minutes of FINE-RAW-HOT Copenhagen culture,
every Friday on Superchannel.org
(Aug.00-Sept.01)
The Copenhagen Post -
In&Out Guide // Thomas Dalvang Fleurquin
helped establish national weekly newspaper The
Copenhagen Post (Feb.1998),
producing & editing the IN&OUT Guide (cultural
section) until 2008.
human website v.2000 //
we all come from nothing.