installation view
Arthall Charlottenborg
2004
The Living Group Portrait is a 120 minutes video/film installation (5 x 8 meter wall projection) made for the exhibition “Med Kærlig Hilsen/With Love” as a feministic comment on the 250 year anniversary of the Academy. In the movie you´ll hear 80 individuals telling about their personal relationship with the common term “feminism”. Meanwhile you see a making up of the traditional, static, hierarchical group portrait turning into a living portrait recorded over 120 minutes in the front yard of Arthall Charlottenborg. The portrait questions categorisation, representation and writing of history – and rises a discussion on the personal relationship to feminism. The movie is based on an open invitation to people regarding themselves as feminists. Invitations were send to appropriate feministical, political, artistical networks. 220 people showed up on February 29, and participated in the group portrait recordings. 80 chose to give their personal statement on feminism.
The installation is made in a collaboration between Charlotte B. Johansen, Christina Hamre, Karoline H. Larsen, Mille Rude, Maria Werger. The installation is linked to the work Action Negotiation Transformation from the same exhibition.
See the work at: http://creativeactions.com/1793/creative-actions-handling-forhandling-forvandling/
Read an article “Feminisme som kritisk virkemiddel – at portrættere feminisme i dag” by arthistorian Karin Hindsbo from November 2004: www.turbulens.net
2 x videostill
Read the article from newspaper Jyllandsposten telling about ‘the feminist manifest’
