Aug 10, 2010 3:04 PM

Gallery: Scenes From Trailerpark, Denmark's Indie Music and Art Fest

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__By Duncan Geere/Wired UK__ COPENHAGEN -- For the past three days I've been enjoying Copenhagen's finest boutique festival -- [Trailerpark](http://www.trailerparkfestival.com/). Since 2007, a loose group of bloggers, artists, web coders and designers called [ArtRebels](http://www.artrebels.com/) have been running an annual gathering of the cream of Denmark's music scene, dotted with a few international artists, too. The festival is housed in an unlikely location -- Denmark's [Royal Skate Park](http://kubik.kk.dk/copenhagenskatepark). Two stages, one inside and one outside, alternate bands and DJs from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. over three nights at the end of July. The setting means that almost every surface you stand to watch a band on is curved or tilted in some way. Populated by 5,000 of the Danish capital's hipsters, art students, rave kids and musicians, the festival's crowd is pleasingly diverse, and extraordinarily laid-back. This year, artists included chillwavers Toro Y Moi, Canadian indietronica star Caribou, energetic DJs Kollektiv Turmstrasse and garage rockers Thee Attacks. But it's not just about music. The team behind the festival spends most of the week prior to the festival decking out the site with a series of artworks of different types. A giant climbing frame, a steamboat, a series of projections and an incomprehensible magazine called *Thundershit* were some of the most impressive works this year. I spoke to the team behind *Thundershit*, who also make [*Wonderland* magazine](http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/). Simon Nygaard, the magazine's creative director, told me that they got involved in the very earliest days of the festival: "We helped put together the first Trailerpark, and we kept getting invited back!" The team's main project, *Wonderland* magazine, also has its own [art space](http://www.wonderlandartspace.dk/) in central Copenhagen, which hosts works from a number of local and international artists. But it's the festival's own mix of collective creativity that really steals the show. Putting so many friendly, interesting and fun people in one place means that it's impossible to find yourself bored for long, even if you visit -- as I did -- on your own. Barring anything untoward happening, the festival will be back next year at around the same time. If you're remotely interested in experiencing Copenhagen's thriving cultural, artistic and musical scene, you should book some flights. You'll have an incredible time.
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Toro Y Moi, or Chazwick Bundick as his grandmother calls him, mesmerized the crowd at Trailerpark with his waves of reverb, loops and samples. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*

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But Trailerpark isn't just about the bands. Danish art, from the creepy to the cute, was also dotted liberally around the festival site. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*
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The festival had two stages. One inside, and one in a large tent outside. In the outside tent, a series of projectors constantly threw a series of starry lights onto the roof and the two glitterballs. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*

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Bands alternated between the two stages, meaning that it was always possible to get to the front if you wanted to, and there was a constant movement of people around the site. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*
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Sunday night was headlined by Caribou, who brought its brand of '90s-influenced melodic indie-rave to the largest crowd that the festival saw. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*

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One band, the eerie Sleep Party People, wore rabbit masks onstage. Several members of the audience followed suit. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*
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One enormous sculpture dominated a wall of the room next to the bar, like a huge, complex cat's cradle. *Photo: Fiona Shipwright/Wired UK*

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The crowd was a friendly mix of cooler-than-thou hipsters, hard-core music fanatics, art students and locals from around the festival site. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*
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Set in a skate park, the site was hazardous to navigate at times, but it was hard to resist the urge to sit near a tricksy slope and watch people falling over. *Photo: Duncan Geere/Wired UK*

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