THE EXHIBITION IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED

Mark Titchner: The Future Demands Your Participation*
The facade of Nørrebro Teater, 20 September 2025 to 1 March 2026.

Mark Titchner is a British artist known for his creative use of text to
explore meaning, often echoing and questioning the imperative tone and point of view of motivational language.

The ambiguous phrase split over three banners, The  Future Demands Your Participation, changes meaning depending on how it is read. The phrase questions how we must be active in our future, while also bringing attention to the fact that the future exists with or without our engagement.

Like much of Titchner’s work, the text is set against an almost psychedelic, abstract background, reflecting a desire to push an image to collapse. The modernist functional type contrasts against the
decorative background, playing with legibility.

Mark Titchner’s (b. 1973, Luton, UK) work involves an exploration of the tensions between the different belief systems that inform our society, be they religious, scientific or political. Focusing on an exploration of words and language, in recent years much of his production has been based in the public realm both in the UK and internationally.
These public works have often been created from extended group activities, working particularly with young people and in mental health settings.

He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2006, participated in the Venice Biennale in 2007 and was Artist in Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 2012. In 2018 he completed a major new permanent public work, Me, Here Now which is installed at London Bridge Station. His work is held in numerous Public Collections including Arts Council, Tate, British Council, Government Art Collection, South London Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Guildhall Art Gallery.

Curator Francesca Gavin has a multi-faceted career working as an editor, writer, curator and consultant. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of EPOCH – an annual publication looking at connections between history and the now. She is also the art editor at Twin magazine, as well as a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Cura, Hero and other publications. Her monthly radio show Rough Version on NTS Radio has been running for 9 years, focusing on the relationship between art and music.

Gavin was the co-curator of Manifesta11 in Zurich and has created numerous exhibitions at institutions and galleries including The Art of Mushrooms (Fundação de Serralves, Porto) ,  Mushrooms (Somerset House, London), The Dark Cube (Palais de Tokyo, Paris), and The New Psychedelia (Mu, Eindhoven).

This is the third time she has curated projects in Copenhagen, following group exhibitions at V1 Gallery and Chart Art Fair.

The flags
Mark Titchner’s flag exhibition is the first in a series of public flag exhibitions that Nørrebro Teater will present. As a part of the house’s new program, the facade of Nørrebro Teater will be transformed into a living platform that occupies the public space with contemporary art.

Every six months, a new curator is invited to curate an exhibition with a national or international artist over the three enormous flags displayed on the facade. The ambition is to connect art with the outside world to create a new understanding of the engaging power of culture in public space. The next exhibition will open in spring 2026.