“Notes on Solitude” and Related Exhibition
> Notes on Solitude <
Placed at her sewing desk with embroidery in hand, Astrid Gjesing’s performance Notes on Loneliness examines loneliness as a shared fate – a we that we are all born into, live with, and must try to understand. In a time when many communities have dissolved, and where the responsibility for loneliness is often left to the individual, Gjesing invites a collective conversation about the lonely, the personal, and the shared. With handkerchiefs, text, needle and thread, > Notes on Solitude < is a work that continually takes on new forms and languages. The audience is invited to take a seat at Gjesing’s table and participate in the creation of the work.
> Notes on Solitude < asks whether one can take on loneliness, and what that implies. One’s own other? The other? A belief and/or act of will directed toward others? Companionship? To give and receive? Language as a connector? An opportunity for action and exchange. Is there in humans a longing for loneliness and at the same time a longing for community, people, and life? Is it about not fighting loneliness, but collaborating loneliness and community, where they are not each other’s opposites but each other’s prerequisite? “But loneliness does not disappear; it may change its face; and if it loses its name, we also lose insight into one of the guiding powers in our lives.” by Astrid Gjesing.
Practical Information
It is free to experience the performance. The audience is invited to take a seat at Astrid Gjesing’s table and participate in the creation of the work. If you would rather experience the work as a spectator, you can also watch while the work unfolds.
”Kaadråditnes Vers”
The exhibition ”Kaadråditnes Vers” is Roskilde's Museum of Contemporary Art autumn exhibition, shown in Kurhuset, located in the former Saint Hans Hospital, where the artist Karoline Ebbesen lived from the mid-1880s until her death in 1936. During her long confinement, Ebbesen produced works in textile, embroidery, collage, drawing, text, and developed her own font and alphabet. In the exhibition, Ebbesen’s works are presented together with new larger installations of Danish and internationale artists, all with directe references to Ebbesen.
