Boglancering & performance: Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Donnimaar. Histories of Predation
Schedule
Wed Nov 06 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Kongens Nytorv 1, 1050 Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen , SK
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Den 6. november fejrer Kunsthal Charlottenborg lanceringen af Marie Kølbæk Iversens nye bog, Histories of Predation, med boglancering fra kl. 18.30 og en performance kl. 19.15. Der er gratis entré til Kunsthal Charlottenborg kl. 17.00-20.00.Til boglanceringen serveres der drinks i kunsthallens boghandel, hvor bogen i anledning af lanceringen sælges til særpris.
Histories of Predation er opkaldt efter Marie Kølbæk Iversen’s videoværk af samme navn. I anledning af lanceringen viser vi en version af værket i kunsthallens biograf, hvor Marie Kølbæk Iversen også opfører havfolkeviser som led i hendes performanceprojekt Donnimaar.
Histories of Predation udgår fra Marie Kølbæk Iversens videoværk Rovhistorier | Histories of Predation, som er baseret på mikroskopiske optagelser inde fra øjelinserne på den store nordatlantiske hajart havkal, også kendt som grønlandshaj. Nylig marinbiologisk forskning har via kulstof-14-datering af hajens øjelinsekerner kunnet anslå dens potentielle levealder til mellem 272 til 512 år, hvilket åbner for mere-end-menneskelige ‘øjenvidne’-perspektiver, der strækker sig langt hinsides menneskelivets afgrænsning. På tværs af de nordisk-germanske sprog er denne haj traditionelt blevet benævnt som en ‘havperson’: På islandsk, færøsk og dansk som en ‘havmand’—‘hákarl’/'havkallur'/‘havkal’—og på norsk og svensk som en ‘havfrue’—‘håkjerringa’/‘håkjäring.’
I anledning af lanceringen aktiverer Marie Kølbæk Iversen Nordatlantens mytologiske akser ved at opføre folkeviser fra hendes østatlantiske hjemegn i Vestjylland, hvor havfolk optræder som dissidente Andre i relation til den danske nationalstat og øvrighederne.
Om kunstneren:
Marie Kølbæk Iversen (*Herning, 1981) bor og arbejder I København. Siden 2017 vokalist I Donnimaar. Billedkunstner MFA from Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi I 2008, og ph.d. i praksisbaseret kunst fra Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo og Aarhus Universitet i 2023. Marie Kølbæk Iversen arbejder på tværs af tidsbaserede, billedbårne og skulpturelle medier. Hun har udstillet og optrådt i Skandinavien og internationalt, herunder på Gwangju Biennial (KR), Centre d’art contemporain Genève (CH), Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (NO), Louisiana (DK), SMK—Statens Museum for Kunst (DK), og PARMER (US). Hendes arbejde er repræsenteret i samlingerne hos blandt andet SMK—Statens Museum for Kunst (DK), Malmö Konstmuseum (SE), og ARKEN Museum of Modern Art (DK). Histories of Predation (Mousse Publishing, 2024) er hendes nyeste udgivelse.
Om bogen:
Histories of Predation er en bog om aktiv mytisk tænkning og videnskabelig historiefortælling, om rædsel, traume og potentialer for transformation. Den afsøger Marie Kølbæk Iversens kritiske gentænkning af subjektivitet og kulturhistorie fra Mirror Therapy (2015–16) og Io/I (2015–19) til Histories of Predation (2022–) og performanceprojektet Donnimaar (2017–).
Bogen genbesøger den demografiske og æstetiske homogenisering af den danske nationalstat fra midten af 1800-tallet og frem, såvel som den følgende påtvungne glemsel af divergente identiteter, og tilbyder et dybt historisk blik på nationsbygnings-processer ved at afsøge de geopolitiske “mytologikker” de hviler på.
Udgivet af Mousse Publishing og Podere Trafonti
Tekster af Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Adam Khalil, Isabella Rjeille, og Yann Chateigné Tytelman
Design af Maximage
2024
Engelsk / italiensk
136 sider
Hardcover, 19 x 26 cm
ISBN 978-88-6749-598-6
€27 / $30
Histories of Predation indgår i Podere Trafonti notebook series. Læs mere her: https://www.moussemagazine.it/shop/marie-kolbaek-iversen-histories-of-predation/
Billede: Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Donnimaar i “Atlanterhavet”, gruppeudstilling, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, 2024. Photo © Nabeeh Samaan og Henie Onstad Art Centre, 2024
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ENG:
On November 6th, Kunsthal Charlottenborg hosts the Copenhagen-launch of Marie Kølbæk Iversen’s new book, Histories of Predation. Join us for the book launch from 18.30 and a performance at 19.15. The admission is free to Kunsthal Charlottenborg 17.00-20.00.
At the book launch there will be served drinks in our book shop, where the book will be sold at a special launch price.
Histories of Predation draws its name from Marie Kølbæk Iversen's large-scale video work by the same name. For the launch, an iteration of the work will be shown in our cinema, where Marie Kølbæk Iversen will also perform merpeople songs as part of her performance project Donnimaar.
Histories of Predation chronicles Marie Kølbæk Iversen’s video work Rovhistorier | Histories of Predation which is based on microscopic video recordings from within the eye lenses of the gurry shark, also known as the grey shark or Greenland shark. Through carbon-14 dating of its eye lens nuclei, recent marine biological research has shown that the shark may live to become as old as 272 to 512 years, which opens up a perspective of more-than-human ‘eye witnessing’ that far exceeds the human life span. Across the Nordic-Germanic languages, the grey shark has traditionally been designated as a ‘merperson’: In Icelandic, Faroese, and Danish as ‘merman’—‘hákarl’/'havkallur'/‘havkal’—and in Norwegian and Swedish as ‘mermaid’—‘håkjerringa’/‘håkjäring.’
For the launch, Marie Kølbæk Iversen activates these mythological axes of the Atlantic Ocean by performing folksongs from her East Atlantic home region in Western Jutland that features merpeople as dissident Others in relation to the Danish nation-state and its authorities.
About the artist:
Marie Kølbæk Iversen (*Herning, 1981) lives and works in Copenhagen. Vocalist of Donnimaar since 2017. Visual artist MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2008, and PhD in practice-based visual art from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Aarhus University in 2023. Marie Kølbæk Iversen works across time-based, image-borne and sculptural media. She has exhibited and performed extensively in Scandinavia and abroad, among others at the Gwangju Biennial (KR), the Centre d’art contemporain Genève (CH), Henie Onstad Art Centre (NO), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (DK), SMK—Danish National Gallery (DK), and PARMER (US). Her work is represented in notable collections, such as SMK—Danish National Gallery (DK), Malmö Konstmuseum (SE), and the ARKEN Museum of Modern Art (DK). Histories of Predation (Mousse Publishing, 2024) is her most recent artist book.
About the book:
Histories of Predation is a book about active mythic thinking and scientific storytelling, about fright, trauma, and potentials for transformation. It traces Marie Kølbæk Iversen’s critical reimagining of subjectivity and cultural history, from Mirror Therapy (2015–16) and Io/I (2015–19) to Histories of Predation (2022–) and the performance project Donnimaar (2017–). Interrogating the demographic and aesthetic homogenization of the mid-nineteenth-century Danish nation-state and the ensuing forced forgetting of divergent identities, the book offers a deep-time view on processes of nation building by probing the geopolitical “mythologics” they hinge on.
Published by Mousse and Podere Trafonti
Texts by Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Adam Khalil, Isabella Rjeille, and Yann Chateigné Tytelman
Design by Maximage
2024
English / Italian
136 pages
Hardcover, 19 x 26 cm
ISBN 978-88-6749-598-6
€27 / $30
Histories of Predation is part of the Podere Trafonti notebook series. Further info here: https://www.moussemagazine.it/shop/marie-kolbaek-iversen-histories-of-predation/
Image: Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Donnimaar in “Atlanterhavet”, group exhibition, Henie Onstad Art Centre, 2024. Photo © Nabeeh Samaan and Henie Onstad Art Centre, 2024
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Kongens Nytorv 1, 1050 Copenhagen, Denmark, Kongens Nytorv 1, 1050 København K, Danmark,Copenhagen, Copenhagen , DenmarkEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
