If you happen to be in Copenhagen on November 21, from 5pm to 8pm, please join me for FRIISLAND LIVE: Rosie Gibbens (UK), Jonas Kjeldgaard Sørensen (DK) and Marsian De Lellis (US), which offers vernissage, performances and a nice hot soup.
Artists
Rosie Gibbens (UK) will speak to Parabiosis, a performance and exhibition that runs until December 18, 2024. The title refers to a surgical technique joining two living organisms to share physiological systems. Inspired by her recent pregnancy and theories about artificial and robotic wombs, Gibbens ponders the relationship between humans and machines.
Jonas Sørensen (DK), whose performance Don’t Fly with Me! grapples with collapse as a political idea (along the lines of Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine)—investigating how capitalism shapes the air that keeps society upright. The air is understood as both the air that moves when we act in public spaces, and the air we breathe and pollute.
I will be joined by Tim Lagasse (US) to speak about our bodies of work and introduce our immersive body horror experience for children, Raggedy Ann to Real Doll which will take place at the ARKEN November 23 + 24.
Location
FRIISLAND, the Center for Performance Art
Kattegatvej 39, 2150
Nordhavn, Copenhagen
FRIISLAND is a project by Live Art Denmark that promotes and presents interdisciplinary performative practices. FRIISLAND was founded in 2021 by Ellen Friis and Henrik Vestergaard, who have curated performative practices in Denmark and abroad since 2004. FRIISLAND is open most workdays from 12–16, but you can check in advance at info@liveart.dk.
Directions
- Take bus 164, which stops right at the venue
- Take the metro M4 line to Orientkaj and walking 20–25 minutes
- Take bus 164 at Stubbeløbgade (Sundkrogsgade), which is a 4-minute walk from the metro station You can also park on the street, but parking fees may vary. The parking lots on the premises are privately managed and require a special pass.
Artist Bios
Rosie Gibbens (UK) makes performances, videos and sculptures focusing on gender performativity, consumerist culture, and their overlaps. With her own bodily experience at the centre of her work, Gibbens describes imagining herself as an ‘alien visitor trying to participate seamlessly in contemporary life, but not quite managing.’
Jonas Kjeldgaard Sørensen (DK) has developed a performative praxis that tells stories about our contemporary imagination. By dealing with historical research through the lens of speculative narratives, he imagines other realities instead of accepting the excisting.
Marsian De Lellis (US) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work celebrates the stories of unconventional people whose private manias become public fodder for tabloids and reality television. Through their practice, De Lellis reconsiders embodiment, desire, contemporary forms of animism, and neurodivergence.
Tim Lagasse (US) is a director, puppeteer, and puppet designer. He has worked on projects for Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, and HBO. He played the titular character on Noggin’s Oobi, and Crash on Disney’s Crash & Bernstein. Lagasse has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards. In 1991, he became the first recipient of the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry. In 1993 he was presented with an UNIMA Citation for Excellence and received a Broadcast Design Silver Award for his series of short films, A Show of Hands.
This event was made possible by K: Statens Kuntsfond (The Danish Art Foundation)