{"id":727,"date":"2015-08-17T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T17:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/day-6-ceci-nest-pas-la-nature\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T19:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T17:26:31","slug":"day-6-ceci-nest-pas-la-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/en\/day-6-ceci-nest-pas-la-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6 : Ceci n\u2019est pas la nature*"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sofie Henningsen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"day6<\/a><\/p>\n

Today Str\u00f8get is busy again after a calm Sunday. Or hanged over Sunday maybe. Copenhagen was celebrating the pride parade Saturday and the city was covered in rainbow colours. It is the first day in the week and the square is filled with people going to work and tourist visiting.When<\/span> the box opens a woman is sitting in a swing and swings from one side to another smiling gently. A sound of the wind flows out of the box. She has beautiful orange feathers on her back she is wearing a tricot.. but wait a second. When looking a bit closer it might be a man.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it a man or a woman?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A group of Danish teenage boys and girls ask each other as they approach the box. This is the immediate question almost everyone in the audience ask themselves or the person next to them. A Danish family arrives: \u201dOh, I must be a commercial for the parade, don\u2019t\u2019 you think so<\/em>?\u201d. Three elderly Danish ladies are looking with much interest and discussing whether it is a man or woman:<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it must be a man.\u201d
\n\u201cAre you sure about that? He has breasts\u201d
\n\u201cThen half man from the waist and down and half woman from the waist and up.\u201d
\n\u201cYeah, there has been a lot of that in the weekend\u201d, <\/em>referring to the pride.<\/p>\n

\"day<\/a><\/p>\n

They don\u2019t seem shoked or provoked. They leave the square and continue their stroll. Other groups of primarily tourist seem more provoked by the topic of the day. You can see the confusion in the eyes of the audience, when they arrive. The smile a bit and others starts to laugh while their eyes search up and down to figure out if it is a man or a woman. Three Danish teenagers also feel a little uncomfortable too: \u201cOh it is a bit nasty and scary<\/em>\u201d. One of them goes to find out. The floor is made of mirrors, so that you can search every angle of the performer\u2019s body. In his search for answers the performer looks him directly into his eyes and flirts with him. It makes him a bit embarrassed and he goes back to his friends. This situation is quite similar to the other days. The eye contact makes the audience uncomfortable. The living artwork is looking right back at audience and asking them what is on their minds that very moment. The shutters go down for a short while and when it opens again the sound is different. It sounds like we are at a football match. The performer crosses the legs and begins to roll a cigarette. The person suddenly looks more masculine.<\/p>\n

For some people they find an answer to their questions written in the text on the side of the box. \u201cI see, it is a transgender person<\/em>\u201d. It seems to be a sufficient answer for many of the Danish audience. A female tourist who has been looking at the installation for time also finds some kind of answer, when she reads the text. She smiles, does the thumbs up and says \u201cYou do you<\/em>\u201d. She is not the only one doing the thumbs up today. A few people take selfies with the box and the performer in the background, supposedly out of curiosity or identification. Also families with small kids are here today, like a grandfather with his grandchild. The little grandchild asks what it is about. The grandfather smiles and goes: \u201dWell\u2026 it is a bit difficult, but I will try to explain it to you\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the shutters go up for the last time today the performer is lying still at the floor. The feathers are covering the back and the face is almost hidden behind the long hair. The torso is still visible and it attracts new audience with curious eyes.<\/p>\n

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Ceci n\u2019est pas la nature*<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Western civilization reasons according to the division man\/woman. As stated by Freud, the first thing we take note of in every new encounter is whether we are dealing with a man or a woman. When the recognition is not automatic, this leads to insecurity, annoyance or happy excitement.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Denmark, transgenderism is still considered a diagnosis. The approval for a sex change operation involves a process of minimum two years. Since 2014, Danes have been able to change their gender legally by acquiring a new social security number. Female social security numbers are even. Male numbers are odd. There are no other possibilities.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is not easy for transgender people to acquire jobs, unless they work in the entertainment industry.<\/em><\/p>\n

* This is not nature<\/p>\n

Ceci n\u2019est pas la nature
\n<\/em><\/strong>Den vestlige civilisation r\u00e6sonnerer med udgangspunkt i opdelingen mand\/ kvinde. Som Freud p\u00e5pegede, er det f\u00f8rste, vi l\u00e6gger m\u00e6rke til ved hvert nyt m\u00f8de, hvorvidt vi har at g\u00f8re med en mand eller en kvinde. N\u00e5r genkendelsen ikke foreg\u00e5r automatisk, f\u00f8rer det til usikkerhed, irritation eller gl\u00e6delig sp\u00e6nding.<\/em><\/p>\n

I Danmark er det at v\u00e6re transk\u00f8nnet fortsat en diagnose. For at blive godkendt til en k\u00f8nsskifteoperation skal man gennem en minimum to\u00e5rig proces. Siden 2014 har det v\u00e6ret muligt at \u00e6ndre sit k\u00f8n juridisk ved at s\u00f8ge om et nyt CPR-nummer. Kvinders CPR-numre ender p\u00e5 lige tal. M\u00e6nds ender p\u00e5 ulige. Der findes ingen alternativer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Det er ikke let for transk\u00f8nnede at f\u00e5 job, med mindre de arbejder i underholdningsindustrien.<\/em><\/p>\n

* Dette er ikke naturen<\/em><\/p>\n

READ MORE <\/strong>about the Metropolis Festival and the artist Dries Verhoeven\u2019s concept of \u201cCeci n\u2019est pas\u201d in this background article<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>or on K\u00f8benhavns Internationale Teaters webpage<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em>Also check out the newspaper articles in Berlingske<\/a> and Politiken<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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