Performance, duration 5 hours, and site-specific land art installation. A 70-m long stretch of grassy slope and more than 500 old tires. Letter height 8 m.
Performed by Sofie Hesselholdt and Vibeke Mejlvang during the exhibition opening.

The exhibition is kick-started by a live performance featuring the artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang. Dressed in garb fit for Greek goddesses, they lift up tires with their bare hands, spelling the words LESS POWER LESS on the slope behind CC. A realm that was formerly white, feminine, and pure becomes a raw, dirty, masculine scene.

Included in the group show In Focus: Statements at Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark.
In Focus: Statements is directly addressing the current global crisis. Works of art with political texts and messages go beyond the physical framework of CC, sending visitors on a journey of discovery in the former welding hall and outside in the Refshaleøen industrial area.
With focus directed at events happening in the world at the moment: USA’s upcoming presidential election, Brexit, #MeToo, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Black Lives Matter, the exhibition presents artists who, through language, address some of the social issues topping the agenda just now.
Artists:
Monica Bonvicini, Douglas Coupland, Tony Cokes, Jeremy Deller, Sam Durant, John Giorno, Shilpa Gupta, Lise Harlev, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Jenny Holzer, Kahlil Joseph, Jacob Kirkegaard, Zoe Leonard, Marilyn Minter, Adrian Piper, Dread Scott, David Shrigley, Kate Tempest, Félix González-Torres, Yoko Ono.

Photo: Thomas Andersen.