FRANS JACOBI
Aesthetics of Resistance
An investigation into the performative politics of contemporary activism – as seen in 5 events in Scandinavia and beyond
Complete presentation: www.aestheticsofresistance.net
Revolution by Night
Performance 24. february 2012
Ungdomshuset Dortheavej, Dortheavej 61, 2400 Copenhagen NV
Performance by Frans Jacobi
With: Henrik Have, Frans Jacobi & Lonely Boy Choir
Text by Søren Thilo Funder and Frans Jacobi
Music: Lonely Boy Choir
Camera: Claus Handberg Christensen
Editing: Frans Jacobi
Produced as part of Aesthetics of Resistance
Silent Stand (second edition)
Performance 15. january 2012
Kulturhuset Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, 15.01.12
Performance by Frans Jacobi
Three scenes from the short history of the Egyptian insurrection are re-enacted as collective images. The performance evolves around the story of Khaled Said who was brutally murdered by the police in the summer of 2010. To commemorate his death, his friends started the Facebook-group ’We are all Khaled Said’ and organized the emotionally moving series of actions called ‘Silent Stand’. These two imaginative platforms for protest gained a huge following, and led to occupation of Tahrir Square in february 2011. In the performance 5 Danish belly-dancers represent the revolutionary masses on Tahrir Square.
The artist/researcher: Amira Jasmina Shalaby Jensen
Several Eye Witnesses, Someone On Facebook, The Truth Army, Whael Ghonim,
Georgy Katsiaficas, We Are All Khaled Said, Omar Suleiman, Defend The Egyptian
Revolution and Gilles Deleuze: Frans Jacobi
5 belly-dancers: Maizena, Linnea, Zasja, Jannie (Danmarks
Mavedanserskole), Helle Winther (Zahfia).
Soundtrack and music: Lonely Boy Choir.
Camera: Wilhelm Iversen & Martin Kern
Photos: Tijana Miskovic
Produced as part of Aesthetics of Resistance