Art in a Day: Maja Malou Lyse & Esben Weile Kjær “The Big Gang Bang Theory”

Den 24. juni forvandler Københavns seks kunsthaller i et døgn byen til en scene for performancekunsten, når Art in a Day løber af stablen med et summende program af gratis kunstoplevelser. Det stjernespækkede program byder på internationale og danske kunstnere, som blandt andet tæller en performance af Maja Malou Lyse & Esben Weile Kjær.

Til Art in a Day inviterer Weile Kjær og Lyse dig til at overvære et fyrværkeris identitetskrise. The Big Gang Bang Theory er et eksperimentelt fyrværkerishow udviklet i samarbejde med Nian Fireworks. Værket leger med publikums forventninger til denne regelbundne form for ‘underholdning til særlige lejligheder’, sædvanligvis opbygget som et vedvarende crescendo, der bevæger sig frem mod et klimaks, følelsesfuldt iscenesat og styret. Showet udfolder sig her med en helt anderledes rytme – asymmetrisk og sporadisk. Det ledsages af fyrværkeriets monolog – det deler sine indre konflikter med publikum, mens det eksploderer over dem. Krisen har erstattet klimakset. Fyrværkeriet forsøger at slippe fri af sin egen historie som en potent form for æstetiseret vold, der bruges til at fejre stagnerende politiske regimer og rigdom, men kæmper for at give slip på sit flamboyante væsen. Oplev The Big Gang Bang Theory på Copenhagen Contemporary.

Kom med til Art in a Day, som præsenterer performances i hele København og i byens seks kunsthaller.

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On 24 June, Copenhagen’s six contemporary art institutions are turning the city into a stage for performance art when Art in a Day kicks off with a programme buzzing with free art experiences. The star-studded programme features international and Danish artists, including a performance by Maja Malou Lyse & Esben Weile Kjær.

For Art in a Day, Weile Kjær and Lyse invites you to witness a firework’s identity crisis. The Big Gang Bang Theory is an experimental firework display developed in collaboration with Nian Fireworks. It plays with the audience’s expectations of this codified form of special-occasion entertainment, normally built as an ongoing crescendo moving towards a climax, emotionally staged and controlled. Here, the unfolding of the display has a very different rhythm—asymmetrical and sporadic. It is accompanied by the fireworks’ monologue – sharing their inner conflicts with the audience as they are exploding above them. The crisis has replaced the climax. The fireworks try to break free from their own history as a virile form of violence turned aesthetic used to celebrate stagnant political regimes and wealth, but struggle to renounce their flamboyant essence. Experience The Big Gang Bang Theory at Copenhagen Contemporary.

Join us for Art in a Day, where we present performances throughout Copenhagen and in the city's six art institutions.

See the full programme and read more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/535408867786887