Self Tape
Performance, film, installation
Self Tape is an exploration of precarious work, identity, queerness, exhaustion, and humiliation in late capitalism. We follow an androgenous creature with light blue skin, long ears and red boots, that is being held captive in an eternal casting limbo by an unknown entity that only takes the shape of a menacing buzzer sound and a red light.
The creature that is part monster, part pop princess is struggling to find a role that it can play, as it code switches between famous monsters and divas throughout the time: Gollum, Frankenstein's monster, Marilyn Monroe and Dolly Parton among others. When the creature is not performing monologues, dancing or playing music with its long nails, it tries to answer questions about its prior work experience, but ends up talking about its ex and childhood instead. "What are you looking for?" the creature asks in a mix between frustration, flirtation, and fear…
Review - Kunstkritikk
Ringsted Galleriet, MMCA Seoul, The 15th Gwanju Biennale, Moderna Museet Malmö, 2024
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The creature that is part monster, part pop princess is struggling to find a role that it can play, as it code switches between famous monsters and divas throughout the time: Gollum, Frankenstein's monster, Marilyn Monroe and Dolly Parton among others. When the creature is not performing monologues, dancing or playing music with its long nails, it tries to answer questions about its prior work experience, but ends up talking about its ex and childhood instead. "What are you looking for?" the creature asks in a mix between frustration, flirtation, and fear…
Review - Kunstkritikk
Ringsted Galleriet, MMCA Seoul, The 15th Gwanju Biennale, Moderna Museet Malmö, 2024
