SOS Save Our Souls

We are very excited to show a new performance on Saturday June 7 in front of Horsens Art Museum.

It is part of Performance i det fri 2025, a week-long outdoor performative event in the public space of Horsens with great fellow artists.
Horsens Art Museum and MÆRK Byen present four site-specific performance experiences. The project explores the tension between everyday trivialities and performative practices that, in their own distinct ways, invite audiences to pause, look up, and take part in powerful artistic encounters rarely seen in the spaces of daily urban life.

Programme:

Bartek Arobal Kociemba, Thursday 5 June at 14:00, Fugholm 16

Maja Malou Lyse & Esben Weile Kjær, Friday 6 June at 23:00, Langelinie

Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Saturday 7 June at 11:00, Caroline Amalie Lunden

Karim Boumjimar, Sunday 8 June at 4:00 and 11:00, The Reunited Bridge

In the new durational performance SOS Save Our Souls, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang inscribes the Morse code for the international distress signal SOS directly into the lawn in front of Horsens Art Museum.
Dressed in white garments inspired by Greek goddesses of victory, they gently remove pieces of turf, leaving a monumental imprint in the ground. The distress signal ••• – – – ••• acts as a call for help — a cry that points to the vulnerability of the climate, nature, and humanity.
The work is left behind as an open wound in the landscape, shifting over time. As summer and autumn growth returns, the imprint will slowly be overtaken, but the distress signal will remain as a visual outcry — a reminder of the crises we are in and a call to action.

Performance i det fri is realized thanks to the Bikuben Foundation, Horsens Municipality, Horsens Holder, MÆRK Byen, and the Danish Institute for Cultural Analysis.