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We. They. There.
Video- and sound installation. 2022.

A 3-channel video and 8-channel audio installation, exhibited in VEGA. The exhibition is a collaboration between Art Hub Copenhagen and VEGA. The installation is a reinterpretation of an animated film series in progress since 2016. The series is a collaboration with musicians, combined with a hybrid out-of-sync animation approach.

We. They. There. revolves around what is out-of-sync. The narrative work with the disruptive in societies, communities, families and identities. Diagonals that create disorientation, opening a space where we can rethink intersubjectivity, society and ontology. The fragmented storyline is driven by characters in limbo positions. They act as uniforms: a pathway between an empty set and a category. Their conversations are distant, but drives the disruptive forward. We. They. There. work on several planes simultaneously: in dishwashing, we find ontological conditions, in conversations, intersubjectivity is illuminated, and the act of waiting branches into several tales about the common condition.

Installation view. VEGA, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo: Christian Brems.

Credits:

Script, animation and composition:
Mark Tholander

Voices:
Tamara Farris (The proprietor)
Kevin J. Bond (The pianist)
Sarah Leeanne Spencer (The guest)
Steve King (The waitor)
Aundrea Sayrie (The agent)
Joe Wilson Kolb (The wardrobe employee)
Jay Maksenuk (Dishwasher 1)
Trevor Forest (Dishwasher 2)

Filming of characters/suits, chromakey and rotoscoping:
Mark Tholander

CGI, car chase scenes:
Mikkel Battefeld

Assisting CGI and animation, car chase scenes:
Mark Tholander

CGI, kitchen and restaurant scenes:
Lars Hemmingsen Nørgaard
Elisabet Hau

Vector animation, tiger:
Sophia Ioannou Gjerding

Hand-drawn animation, tiger:
Mark Tholander

Piano:
Johan Feierskov
Anastasia Nastya Bragina
Mark Tholander

Drums:
Søren Høi
Victor A. Carracedo
Bernardo Yacono

Bass:
Ailén Antú
Lole Dovo
Mitch Cockman
Damjan Kapor

Guitar:
Zek Starosky
David Tobias Bonde Jensen

Saxophone:
Jon Sensmeier

Trumpet:
Matt Giella
Mihai Sorohan

Trombone:
Rainers Vestmanis
Miks Jukumsons-Jukumnieks
Victor Fuenmayor
English horn:
Jennifer Stucki

Synthesizer:
Mark Tholander

Mixing and mastering:
Johan Feierskov
William Kudahl
Tafadzwa Chingono
Paulo Germano

Thanks to Københavns Biavlerforening for letting me borrow the suit for the film recordings.

The exhibition was supported by Statens Kunstfond.

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