Video installation and performance. 40 mins.
Culture Yard, Elsinore, Denmark, 23 – 28 Aug 2020 / Østre Kapel, Sydhavn Teater, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6 – 9 Oct 2020 / Godsbanen, Aarhus, Denmark, 10 Apr 2021 / Irondale, Brooklyn, USA, 9 Apr 2022
Concept, staging and video: Magnus Pind
Performer: Amalie Bergstein
Music: Astrid Sonne and Villads Klint
Text: Marie Harm and Ronja Johansen
Producer: Katrine Balle
Supported by the Augustinus Foundation, the Danish Arts Foundation, Aarhus Kommune and Godsbanen
Endless streams of images of faces dominate social media in the form of selfies. Private tech companies harvest their users’ data through those same selfies. The state and police collect images of faces in databases to keep track of residents in cities and countries.
The image of the face is ubiquitous. In a society where image-manipulation, surveillance and facial recognition are everyday experiences, the image of the face has a tremendous power.
Through music, video, text and movement, the performance examines the technologies behind the image of the face, and asks: where do those technologies come from, and where are we headed?
