The Two Fools are an echo of the medieval comic jester, employed by the monarch to entertain at court or living as a traveling performer amusing common folks at fairs and markets. The original fool was a loner, now they come as a pair.
The Two Fools are messengers, oracles, fortune tellers, witnesses - popping up from nowhere, from everywhere, from below, from above. Always unexpected. In search of listeners.
They bring important messages; never simple, singular ones. Contradiction and ambivalence are their homeland. Doubleness and paradoxes are their realm. The fools stay on the threshold.
The Two Fools have a lot on their minds, they have an endless wealth of words to convey; they relate to the world, the future, the past and the present. They live in the spotlight, they crave attention, reverse voyeurs at heart. The fools speak in tongues, they tell important bullshit. Watch. Listen. They are not in love with answers.
The fools can be found on the boundaries, always confusing dichotomies. Refusing to view things as opposites, embracing either and or. Duplicity is their trademark.
The artist and the fool have a lot in common. They are both playing and jumping and teasing. Only fully existing in relation to their audience. Hiding behind slapstick and artistry while exposing inconvenient truths to the world and the powers that be. But behind the funny mask melancholia and despair is lurking. The fools predict, envision, point and preach. Don’t be scared. Your task is to listen, carefully.

Artists: Christian Falsnaes, Max Guy, Minna Henriksson, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Ingela Ihrman, Toril Johannessen & Marjolijn Dijkman, Cheryl Pope, Sean Rapset, Wang & Söderström, Amanda Williams, and Michael x Ryan.

Film and still: Barsk Studios.
Photo: Eric Perez.