” What price must a man pay in order to jump the queue in the patriarchal world?”
- Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl
“A hole made through a wall or partition to enable people to perform sex acts anonymously”
- Glory hole Definition (Merriam-Webster)
The hole, which breaks the wall’s otherwise smooth surface, is an invitation to connect without words, without a face, without reservations. Historically, the holes have been places of refuge for the tabooed and stigmatised, and for those whose sexuality was forbidden or overlooked. In the GLORY exhibition, the hole is also a symbol for something bigger: a keyhole into another world, a window into patriarchy’s destructive narratives.
GLORY is the result of a curatorial cooperation between KØN and the multidisciplinary artist Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl, who has had free rein to reinterpret KØN’s collection of historical items. Together, they go through the opening and investigate what is on the other side. Based on the themes of masculinity, sexuality and vulnerability, the exhibition examines how wedding photos, carpet beaters and collection tins can help to fulfil the longing for freedom, transformation and a place in the world.
“GLORY suggests how we can move on from the classic patriarchal culture to a more inclusive world by sharpening our metaphorical insight. Everything is seen from a gay perspective as, because of my sexuality,
I have especially felt the bludgeon of patriarchy.”
– Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl
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Oct 10 2024 - Oct 10 2025
KØN - Gender Museum Denmark
Udstillingen er kurateret, forfattet og produceret af
Kunstner Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl og kurator Marie Sommer Arnoldsen
I installeringen af udstillingen har KØN haft fokus på bæredygtighed indenfor tre områder: maling, opbygning og scenografi. Den anvendte maling er fremstillet af planter, mineraler og vand, dvs. at den er 100% kemikaliefri og uden miljøgifte, mikroplast og konserveringsmiddel. Udstillingsscenografi er i høj grad genbrug af inventar fra KØNs tidligere udstillinger.
Scenografi, interiør & inventar
Kuratorassistent Mads Hvidkær Christoffersen, Conor Murphy, Louis Fuglsang Bygholm, Mathilde Rahr, Phuong Kim Mai, Luminance
Om- og opbygning
Malermester Prince, Rosenkrands Byg, Design Gardiner, Lerbech VVS, MVS EL, Kreabits
Grafisk design
Filip Grønning
AV / TEKNIK / LYS
DisplayLab, Label & Fifth
Oversættelse og korrektur
Jo Morandin/Small Planet, Henriette Sennenvaldt
Værkproduktion
Glenn Bech, Morten Jensen, Andreas Noes Bødsgaard, Outliners, Emma Dybdahl Hildebrandt, Anders Toft Pedersen
Udstillingsfotos
Iben Parum, Mathias Lassen
Tak til
Bent Jacobsen, Sally, Manju, Signe, Tina, John P. og SLM, Helle Aalbæk, Kamille Aalbæk, Lars Oskan-Henriksen, Tonny Bønløkke-Hertz, Steen Hansen, Mathias Lassen/53B Multimedia Projects, Fredrik Bondesen, Nanna Loose/REEF TV, Ronald Zinke, Michael Kvium, Gunnar Weis Reinhardt og alle anonyme danskere som har indsendt drømme, KØNs personale
Udstillingen er realiseret med støtte fra
Ny Carlsbergfondet
Augustinusfonden
Beckett-Fonden
Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond
C.A.C. Fonden
Statens Kunstfond
Kulturministeriet
Vilhelm Kiers Fond
Tarkett
KVADRAT