{"id":2252,"date":"2017-10-26T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T08:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/?p=2252\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T10:53:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T08:53:44","slug":"ceci-nest-pas-dries-verhoeven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/en\/ceci-nest-pas-dries-verhoeven\/","title":{"rendered":"CECI N’EST PAS… – Dries Verhoeven"},"content":{"rendered":"
WHAT\u00a0<\/strong>Installation
\nWHEN<\/strong>\u00a012 – 21 Aug. weekdays 14-19 hrs, weekends 12-17 hrs
\nWHERE<\/strong>\u00a0Gammeltorv, Kbh K –\u00a0see map<\/a>
\nTICKET<\/strong>\u00a0For free<\/h5>\n

10 days, 10 taboos, 10 ice cold showers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dries Verhoeven is one of today\u2019s most talked about artists. He mixes theatre, set design and visual arts into challenging and thought-provoking settings.\u00a0Surrounded by the tempting and perfect \u2018people\u2019 in the window displays on Str\u00f8get, Copenhagen\u2019s shopping mecca, he disturbs us with confrontational images addressing the taboos of our time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over a period of ten days, ten persons occupy a glass box where they are being presented as rare relics or works of art. Like a revival\u00a0of the exhibitions during\u00a0the colonial period featuring weird people on markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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These ten characters set out to challenge the norm. They are the exceptions we\u2019re not used to come face to face with.\u00a0Every day will feature a new scene, a new taboo in the glass box in the city. And public space once again becomes a place for exchange and debate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>Dries Verhoeven gets us to see what we would rather ignore. What do we do? Walk away and pretend we haven\u2019t seen anything? Or do we open up our eyes and remember that the world is not that simple? You can talk about this installation for hours and hours.\u201d<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Rue 89, France<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Read blog posts with impressions from all 10 days here:
\nDay 1 (prologue) – Ceci n’est pas de l’art<\/a>
\nDay 2 – Ceci n’est pas une m\u00e8re<\/a>
\nDay 3 – Ceci n’est pas de l’amour<\/a>
\nDay 4 – Ceci n’est pas le futur<\/a>
\nDay 5 – Ceci n’est pas de l’histoire<\/a>
\nDay 6 – Ceci n’est pas la nature<\/a>
\nDay 7 – Ceci n’est pas notre d\u00e9sir<\/a>
\nDay 8 – Ceci n’est pas notre peur<\/a>
\nDay 9 – Ceci n’est pas mon corps<\/a>
\nDay 10 (\u00e9piloque) – Ceci n’est pas moi<\/a><\/p>\n

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CREDITS<\/strong>
\nConcept<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Dries Verhoeven
\nCompany manager<\/strong>\u00a0Ilon Lodewijks
\nTechnics\u00a0<\/strong>Roel Evenhuis
\nIn collaboration with a large number of performers<\/strong>
\nPhoto\u00a0<\/strong>Maja Nydal Eriksen
\nSupport\u00a0<\/strong>The Performing Arts Fund NL and in the framework of IN SITU Platform, which has received support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
\nCeci n’est pas…has been developped for “Second Cities – Performing Cities”<\/p>\n

www.driesverhoeven.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n