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.
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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)

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. The music is composed by: Francesca Burattelli and Rasmus Steenberg.

The performance is currently under development . Photos and video are from a worksharing at Deep Forest Art Land in 2025.

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

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