Slaughterhouse Shady Town

Subhuset Holstebro is a non-profit organization driven by the youth (ages 18-21) in Holstebro. Our primary goal is to improve the youth culture in our city as well as the area surrounding it. We achieve this goal by seeking out artists (musicians as well as dancers, painters, sculptors etc.) that show an alternative side of the youth culture. This culture we are trying to portrait is almost non-existent in our region, not because it is bad, but simply because most artists choose to go for the bigger cities, where it is easier to find an audience. We have proved the sceptics wrong with every event, where great turnouts create amazing possibilities for a heightened understanding of culture in the youth, but also the possibility for new friendships and a betterment of social interaction is striking during our events. We, the persons running Subhuset, have experienced what volunteer work can do, how it can put smiles upon a face, and we wish for everyone to experience this, so we never close our doors for anyone with a good idea. It is all about helping each other. Subhuset Holstebro is located on in an old slaughterhouse factory. The raw cement floors and cold walls proved to be an excellent canvas on which we are creating a real, professional art/music house, with everything it needs. The Work Camp project in which the volunteers will be participating will take place in the 2017 annual City Festival of Holstebro. In the week before the City Festival, we will give the volunteers free hands for creating a building in our so-called “Shady Town”, which is a part of a cooperation between Subhuset Holstebro and several international artists. Cabaret, singing, dancing, visual art-performances and theatre will revive the old Slaughterhouse in a matter that will be true to the general aesthetic of the place, but not everything will be about machinery, killing of animals and blood. The project will engage the volunteers in all sorts of practical work, such as building a part of our Shady Town, but everything in between will be covered. During the day, kids and childs at heart will participate in workshops which we will develop alongside the volunteers. A mentionable workshop idea is “cardboard wars”, where the people of Holstebro will create buildings and armors of cardboard, which will end with a massive battle where thousands of bits and pieces of cardboard will fly though the air. This project is a great opportunity for anyone interested in culture. If a volunteer should happen to be a musician, there will be a great opportunity for an audience at the “Bloody Cabaret Open Mic”, where anyone who wants, whether they have a story to tell, a song to sing or a melody to play can get on stage. Our Shady Town building will function as a “bodega” during the evenings, where volunteers as well as the youth of Subhuset will host an innovative bar-experience. All profits will go towards Subhuset, so that we can create even more amazing events for the youth of our area.