Filip Vest

Filip Vest (they/them, DK, b. 1995) holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy. Through performances, installations and film, they explore subjects as identity, performativity and work. Vest's works negotiate the social scripts and structures we take for granted, to see if there are other possible stories to tell, other ways of being in the world. 

Filip Vest has previously shown their work at SMK The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen Contemporary, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Arken Museum for Contemporary Art, Den Frie, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Roskilde Festival, Tallinn Art Hall, MMCA Seoul, Museum of Modern Art Zagreb and at Manifesta13 as well as The 15th Gwanju Biennale. Vest’s work is in the collection of Moderna Museet.

Selected projects:
Ruinerne / The Ruins (2026)
Self Tape (2024-2025)
Prøvedage / The Tryouts (2024)
Resort (2023)
The Wide-Mouthed Frog (2022)
Bunk (2022, 2024)
Filmkys / Movie Kiss (2022)
Bed Made To Look Like Body (2021)
Foot Fault (2021)

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Ruinerne / The Ruins (in process, 2026)

Ruinerne ("The Ruins") is a musical inspired performance by Filip Vest and Kai Merke using live action roleplay and song to evoke new worlds in the ruins of the existing one. In the story we meet a group of creatures living in their own alternative society, where they're trying to repair the violence written into their bodies, develop a new language and renegotiate utopias of the past.

Ruinerne is currently under development . Photos and video are from a worksharing at Deep Forest Art Land during the early development of the work in 2025

DEEP FOREST ART LAND, SIXTYEIGHT ART INSTITUTE, FERAL FESTIVAL, PASSAGE FESTIVAL, METROPOLIS, SYDHAVN TEATER

CONCEPT / DIRECTING: Filip Vest, KAI MERKE
CHOREOGRAPHY: KAI MERKE
scenography: Filip Vest
Music: FRANCESCA BURATELLI and RASMUS STEENBERG
TEXT: FILIP VEST in collaboration with the team
PERFORMERS: THE PERFORMANCE is developed in collaboration with and performed by: Jasmine Gordon, Anaïs Matwara, Peter Scherrebeck / Misty Superdeluxe and Faun Vium
Supported by: Statens Kunstfond, DET OBELSKE FAMILIEFOND, WILHELM HANSEN FONDEN, NORDEA FONDEN
PHOTOS: DAVY DENCKE, PERNILLE EMILIA KJÆR
VIDEO: VALENTIN MARCUS ANDERSEN
Thank you to: Husets Teater, Anna Caroline Kristensen, Miu Beydin, Snorre Elvin, Abdul Kader Moses and alex blum.