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Artist talk, performance & Friday bar with Sophia Ioannou Gjerding & Mark Tholander
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→ Performance at 5:15 pm
→ Friday bar at 5:45 pm
"If categories are unstable, we must watch them emerge within encounters" – Anna Tsing
At this artist talk, Sophia Ioannou Gjerding and Mark Tholander will give an insight into their artistic practice based on their exhibition Ensembles and Monsters, which is currently on display at Kunsthal Aarhus.
Various experiences influence how we encounter the world. We are influenced by our interpersonal relationships, through culture, and by what we learned in school or at home. In Ensembles and Monsters, both artists explore the so-called baggage we bring with us when we engage with the world around us.
In her work, Sophia Ioannou Gjerding begins by exploring how our relationship to other beings are influenced by video games, and in particular how certain video games mirror the act of gathering or foraging, but to the extent to which it becomes hoarding.
Mark Tholander looks at the baggage of ideals embedded in communities. Through performance, different roles – ranging from family member to citizen – are explored. An array of actors and musicians allow Tholander to explore how these interpersonal relationships constitute our worldview, and how they change what or who we meet.
See more here: sophiaioannougjerding and marktholander.dk.
It's free to attend, but we recommend securing a seat on Billetto.
