You can also experience TALK + PERFORMANCE inside the exhibition:
đThursday, September 12th, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM:
Director of Danner, @danner Mette Marie Yde, and Artist/ Director Nønne Mai Svalholm @svalholm @seeredflags.
The topic is: "Art as a force for social change," followed by a performance.
đWednesday, September 25th, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM:
Chief Curator of Kunsthal Aarhus, @kunsthalaarhus Peter Ole Pedersen, and Artist/ Director Nønne Mai Svalholm.
They will discuss the banner as an object, symbol, and historical figure, followed by a performance.
Artist/ Director Nønne Mai Svalholm exhibits at Kunsthal Aarhus 6. - 29. September 2024.
Idea & Concept: Artist/Director Nønne Mai Svalholm @svalholm
Development and Design: The banners were developed, designed, and executed in collaboration between Artist and Director Nønne Mai Svalholm and the design duo KASPERSOPHIE @kaspersophie_studio
Rendering of graphics: KASPERSOPHIE
Sculptures: 7 triangular banners, 3 meters (H)
Banner cloths: 225 cm (L) x 135 cm (W)
Material: Silk and pine wood
Red Flags â Murder of Women, 2024 is the first choreographic work in the trilogy RED Trilogy. The work is partly based on the book âEn forudsigelig forbrydelse â kvindedrab i Danmarkâ by author, journalist, and editor at Politiken Line Vaaben and forensic pathologist, PhD Asser HedegĂĽrd Thomsen, published by Forlaget 28B. Additionally, the work draws on Asser HedegĂĽrd Thomsen's PhD thesis "Homicide in Denmark 1992-2016" from 2020, which examines homicides in Denmark during the period 1992-2016. Furthermore the organization Danner has been a sparring partner throughout the creation process of the work.
Three real life stories are included in the Red Flags choreographic work. Two murders and an attempted murder of three very different women in Denmark are described and narrated by Line Vaaben. The 7 sculptures are a central part of the choreographic work and will be exhibited at Kunsthal Aarhus from September 9-29, 2024. The sculptures are placed along the long side of the space, so visitors immediately encounter a kind of red and white procession. The 7 sculptures are Svalholm's interpretation of a classic banner. In a row from the most white banner on the left to the most red banner placed to the right. The 7 sculptures that are part of the performance are designed as 3 meter high flags and created at the Statens VĂŚrksteder for Kunst December/January 2023-2024.
The traditional use of banners in political contexts gives them an activist character with a targeted intention, but without any slogans or familiar symbols. The banners are sewn from silk, an exclusive textile often used for women's dresses, scarves, and underwear. The silk, which is light and airy, is contrasted by the tall and heavy poles with pointed ends, intended to appear persistent as well as threatening. The white banners have large red markings in a carefully selected red shade, clearly reminiscent of blood. Has the silk been wrapped around the women, are the banners a defensive weapon or are they evidence material displayed in front of the audience?
In the exhibition, you can hear a soundscape with 3 stories, which describe two murders and an attempted murder of women in Denmark in the period 1992-2016, read by the Writer, Journalist and Existence Editor at Politiken Line Vaaben. The stories are narrated by Line Vaaben and are woven together by a beautiful composition created by Composer and Soprano Katinka Fogh Vindelev.
Red Flags is based on a desire from Nønne Mai Svalholm to visualize and raise awareness of the extent of femicides, often committed by the woman's partner or ex-partner - the most common type of homicide in Denmark. Banners are furthermore known as a symbol of danger, and the title of the work is aspiration to recognizing and confront transgressive behavior in time, to respond to so-called "red flags". Research shows that one in three women will at some point in their lives be exposed to violence.
For the female victims, the perpetrator's motive was predominantly jealousy and/or divorce. In general, partner murder accounts for 26.7 percent of all homicides in the period, which makes it the single largest type of homicide in Denmark.
There are 536 reasons for this exhibition! That is the number of women killed in Denmark in the period 1992 - 2016.
Sources via link in bio here: @seeredflags @svalholm
Artistic Director/ Artist
Nønne Mai Svalholm @seeredflags @svalholm
Production
SVALHOLM @svalholm @seeredflags
Co-production
Kunsthal Aarhus @kunsthalaarhus @kunsthalaarhus_community
Collaboration partner
Danner @dannerdk
Composer
Katinka Fogh Vindelev @akainka
Author
Line Vaaben @livaaben
Resheach consultant
Ida Marie Hede Bertelsen @idamariehede
Publisher
FORLAGET 28B @forlaget28b
Consultants
Marie Dahl @mariedahlcph
Ludvig DuregĂĽrd @ludvig_gd
Strategy/ Administration
Jens Christian Jensen @jenschristian64
Producer
Kirstine Marie Bauning @kirstinemarie246
Project assistants
Maja Munk Johansson @majamjohansson
Emma S. A. BlĂŚsbjerg @emmasteenab
Graphics & communication
Ăgte Agency @aegteagency
Photography
Idea & concept: Artistic Director/ Artist Nønne Mai Svalholm @svalholm @seeredflags
Photographer: Peter Ravnsborg @mumilab
Performer: Sisse Lunøe @sisselunoe
Support
The Danish Arts Foundation @statenskunstfond
Augustinus Fonden @augustinusfonden
Statens VĂŚrksteder for Kunst @statensvaerksteder
