A performance in virtual reality. Duration 15 minutes.

In the VR piece Two Fools in a Sinking Boat, the two fools talk in rhyme and verse about the state of the earth on the brink of disaster. About the sea and the sun, which the climate crisis has turned into threats. They yearn for past times and look with anxiety and optimism towards the future. They call for battle and for truce, for community and action. They ramble and contradict themselves. They laugh, sing and joke, but behind the funny masks lurks melancholy, despair and fear.
The jester of the past performed at court, conveyed popular sentiment, delivered inconvenient truths to the king, and participated in political discussions. The jester could afford to be more outspoken than most at court and played a decisive role politically. In the same way, the two white fools entertain their audience while speaking out against rigid systems and insisting on complexity.
The project is generously supported by the Danish Arts Foundation.

Included in the solo show, Two Fools in a Sinking Boat, FRIISLAND - Center for Performance Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (2022).

Included in the group show, SUN IS SHINING, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark (2025).
Curated by Anne Langgaard.
Artists: Skye Jin, Signe Klejs, Madeleine Kate McGowan, Nanna Gro Henningsen, Anne Langgaard, Superflex, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang.
Photo: David Sebastián López Restrepo.