”My name is Kim, and I am a working class gay guy”. That is how Kim Mejdahl describes himself. He continues:
“Inspired by author Glenn Bech’s novel Farskibet (The father Ship), I want to create a music-installation, because I have lived the life described in the book and share the same experiences”.
FRISKABTE (roughly translates to "Born Free") is a physical room where one can feel the shame lingering after the pages of the book. A novel about a homosexual boy and man’s life in the aftermath of a father’s suicide and the ideal of masculinity he tried to live up to. It is a story about the life project it can become to step out of one’s social heritage and look for a new one.
FRISKABTE is Kim Mejdahl’s artistic interpretation of Glenn Bech’s brutal lyrics mixed with Mejdahl’s private life. Power prose, songs, baby photos, home video, electronic soundscapes, maybe a glimpse of the Danish artist Michael Kvium. The music is created in corporation with the polish queer musician Femmexy and on stage with Kim Mejdahl is Henriette Sennenvaldt. Expect electronic queer epic poetry: Lamentations pared with a trance party in hell.
FRISKABTE
Nov 16 - Nov 21 2023
May 28 2024 - June 06 2024
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Koncept, iscenesættelse, scenografi, performance og sang KIM MEJDAHL Performance og sang HENRIETTE SENNENVALDT og KIM MEJDAHL Musik KIM MEJDAHL og FEMMEXY Kunstnerisk konsulent NATHALIE MELLBYE Lysdesign MORTEN KOLBAK Lydteknik CHRISTOFFER ØSTERGAARD MEIER NIELSEN Rekvisitter og byg EMMA HILDEBRANDT Scenemester ANDERS TOFT PEDERSEN Forestillingsledelse LÆRKE LEONORA KOLDING
Photo documentations by MORTEN JENSEN Central Media Productions &
ADAM SOCHOREC Slavic Media
Additional stills on this page by KIM MEJDAHL
Støttet af STATENS KUNSTFOND