From Randers to Headroom
The story of Kristines love for Aarhus festival
Text and photos by Sophie Voisin
”There’s just so much love. People dance with strangers. They smile and drink together. You create small relations with each other. And it’s an excuse to drink more beer!”
Kristine Hjortshøj Andersen is 18 years old and one of the people behind the popular Headroom festival at Godsbanen in Aarhus. During Aarhus festival, Headroom has its own program. Theres concerts, workshops, and things for every age group.
Six months ago, Kristine was living in Randers with her parents. She was bored. She had dropped out of school and wanted to get away and challenge herself in new ways. So as soon as she turned 18, she moved to Aarhus and started at the art school Kulturentreprenørerne.
At kulturentreprenørerne, she got to try new things and step away from the academic school environment. And in spring they started arranging Headroom.
”At that time, I didn’t really know what PR meant. So I just volunteered for that. I didn’t really care for writing press releases, but I loved the creative part, where we worked with social media, photoshop and that kind of stuff.”
Kristine enjoyed being part of a group of innovative young people, who were looking forward to participate in Aarhus Festival. She thinks that the final product is amazing, especially considering that young students arranged the whole thing.
”It has a large audience. It seems like a lot of people have heard about it. Even when I didn’t know anything about Aarhus, last year, the word still got to me.”
Kristine is one of the teenagers who really enjoys exploring Aarhus Festival. A lot of young locals look at the festival as something that’s mostly relevant for their parents. But to Kristine and her friends, Aarhus Festival is an opportunity to experience events, that she wouldn’t normally attend.
”Tomorrow I’m attending a poetry event. Just to get one last feeling of the festival.”
