Jakob Jakobsen Work for Live Art Danmark 2011 “Byggeren overgiver sig aldrig” at Samtakekøkken. Byggeren overgiver sig aldrig For Samtalekøkkenet in November 2011, Jakob performed the live radio play “Byggeren overgiver sig aldrig” (translates roughly to “the builder never gives up”) in collaboration with Anders Remmer. The performance of this radical piece (both in content and in sound-aethetics) on riots and questions around who owns the city can be seen and heard in the video below. About the Artist Jakob Jakobsen (f. 1965) studied at the Royal Art Academy of Copenhagen from 1989 to 1995. He is active as a visual artist, activist, writer, curator and teacher. He was involved […]

Helena Hei-Sook Park Work for Live Art Denmark 2010: “Slagter Grøntsager” at Samtalekøkken Slagter Grøntsager It is a cold November night in Copenhagen’s notorious Kødbyen, the former slaughterhouse district. Crouching on the ground close to a brick wall, a figure clad in black fur commits a series of brutal murders. The victims are several heads of cabbage and a large pumpkin, massacred and shredded to bits with an impressive arsenal of knives and cleavers. The pumpkin even gets infused with tomato pulp blood before its demise to make the spectacle more gorey. All the evidence, bits and pieces of veggies, gets thrown into a large cooking pot, where they are […]