Seems to be

Photo credit: Jootz See

Seems to be is a collage of dances, drawings and music. In the piece images of commodities, technologies and everyday objects are distributed and dispersed. The work juxtaposes the ordinary with the magical in a play between cultural production and domestic life. Balancing on a thin line, Seems to be disturbs the image of the female body. A commodified body, a revolting body, a body at work. Flat images tune the algorithm and collapse distinction -the radical has been sold. It allows you to rest your gaze but it also looks back.

Seems to be is a collaboration by and with Denise Lim and Stina Ehn. The two have been dancing together and making works since they met in Copenhagen 2017. The piece premiered at the festival VECTOR 3 by Dance Nucleus in Singapore February 2023, with further performances at Weld in Stockholm March 2023, and at Kiezkapelle in Berlin July 2023.

a takeaway cup and a cloud is a text by Oda Brekke written alongside the work and published in collaboration with Edith Ekström. A copy of the publication is available upon request.

Photo credit: Nadja Voorham

Dance and Choreography: Denise Lim and Stina Ehn / Dramaturgy and text: Oda Brekke / Sound design: Maria Kremeti / Scenography: Alva Roselius / Administration by: Artist Cooperative Interim Kultur / Co-production: Weld, Stockholm / Residency support: Tårnby Park Studio Copenhagen, Dance Nucleus Singapore as part of ARTEFACT creation residency, hojden studios Stockholm, Altes Finanzamt e.V. Berlin. Developed with support from: Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Danish Arts Foundation, Palaces and Culture Agency Denmark, Nordic Culture Fund, National Arts Council Singapore and Goethe Institute Singapore.

Photo credit: Eunice Maurice