DATES: August 18-21 // September 11-13 & 15,16, 18 at 4PM – 8PM
MEETING POINT: Den Kongelige Afstøbningssamling – Vestindisk Pakhus, Toldbodgade 40, 1253 København MAP
WHAT: Walking performance
DURATION: 4 hours
LANGUAGE: In English
FREE: Reservation required due to limited capacity

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A journey into the city’s multifaceted soul

The Walking City is a four-hour immersion in the city. A hypnotic walk through a city we may think we know, but whose soul grows larger and deeper the longer we wander. Like a real-life fable, it reveals aspects of city life we have never met before.

We follow in the footsteps of some of the city’s residents. They are silent, just walking. Like shadows, we linger behind as they lead us deeper into the city’s landscapes.

The Walking City is inspired by a Japanese manga by Jiro Taniguchi. Over a four-hour stretch, we follow image after image, place after place, from the center to the outskirts. 

A warehouse of colonial wealth, clusters of tourists, sunbathing bodies, high-value real estate developments, ever-expanding islands, mountain trails among the chimneys. Different temporalities and geographies intermingle, while a call to rebellion comes from the sea like a distant, seductive song.

We meet people in the city we do not know. Slowly, we become more and more entwined in a fascinating reality of life and destinies. The world opens up from unknown perspectives. This is how the city looks to some of its other inhabitants.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

DOM – was founded in 2013 by the artists Leonardo Delogu and Valerio Sirna. They explore performance art in a broader perspective and aim to challenge the dominant power structures and trends that have brought humanity and the planet to this ‘tipping point’.

With inspiration from movements within eco-feminisms, queer ecologies, and art workers, they investigate the relationships between human bodies and landscapes, focusing on how power structures, nature, and marginalization interact in public space. They listen to the voices that already exist – human, non-human, weather, myths… – to create unique, often hybrid formats between performance, workshop, walk, sound, and festival.

Their works are presented across Europe and have won numerous awards.

www.casadom.org

The route: The performance will last 4 hours and will take place on a walking route of approx. 10 km.

It is not possible to bring bikes.

Clothes: Please wear good walking shoes and clothes according to the weather and evening.

Weather: The performance will take place in rain or shine to the extent that it is possible.

Photos/video: Please do not take photos or video during the performance.

Toilets: It is possible to use toilets at certain stops along the route.

Travel card: Bring your travel card for 2 short trips with public transport in the city.

Feel free to bring a water bottle and some snacks for the trip.

CREDITS

By: DOM –
Conception, spatial dramaturgy, direction: Leonardo Delogu, Valerio Sirna
With: Henrik Holm Bendo Schmidt, Ntokazi ZoZo Mposula, Hjalte Viltoft Polli, Sofia Naglieri, Simon Wøldike Boysen, Emma Hornum Inanloo, Carl Emil Koefoed and  Aurélie Rotne Boulekbache
Producer and guide: Marie Viltoft Polli
Production: Metropolis, Sardegna Teatro, DOM –

Litterary references: Ingeborg Bachman, Elisabetta Moro, Agnese Grieco, Carolina Mendonça, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, Franz Kafka. Translation: Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin. Thanks to Benny Nemer for the siren chant, part of the audio installation The Return, with the voice of Beni Klocker

Photo: Marine Gastineau

Thanks to Den Kongelige Afstøbningssamling, Nordatlantens Brygge, Københavns Gokart Bane, Third Ear, CopenHill, Asbjørn Skou, Charlie Majumdar, Lykke Meyer/Akademiet, Aka Hansen
Supported by In Situ/Creative Europe & The Italian Ministry of Culture