IS THE QUEEN GETTING BIGGER
PERFORMANCE︎︎︎
LEIPZIG, DE
WESTEND Festival ︎︎︎ 2004
OSLO, NO
Statens Ballethøgskole ︎︎︎ 2001
GRUPPEUTSTILLING︎︎︎
BUDAPEST, HU
Dreamlands Burn, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle ︎︎︎ 09. desember 2006–25. februar 2007
LEIPZIG, DE
Obscure Yourself, Pierogi ︎︎︎ 29. april –20 . mai 2006
MOSS, NO
G.U.N. "Sex and Politics", Galleri F15 ︎︎︎ 13. januar–16. mars 2003
OLD HABITS DIE HARD [Exhibition tour]︎︎︎
BERLIN, DE
Sparwasser HQ ︎︎︎ 30. september–29. november 2003
Hamburger Bahnhof ︎︎︎ 30. januar–12. april 2004
LONDON, UK
Norwich Gallery ︎︎︎ 15. januar–14. februar 2004
OSLO, NO
Kunstnernes Hus ︎︎︎ 06. februar–07. mars 2004
ISTANBUL, TR
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center ︎︎︎ 11. mars–17. april 2004
DRESDEN, DE
Motorenhalle ︎︎︎ 09. september–09. oktober 2004
GØTEBORG, SE
Yeans / Rex / Galleri Box / Kungshöjd ︎︎︎ 29. oktober–07. november 2004
MALMØ, SE
Signal ︎︎︎ desember 2004
NEW YORK, NY
Art in General ︎︎︎ februar–mars 2005
Goethe Institut Library ︎︎︎ mars–april 2005
SYDNEY, AU
Museum for Contemporery Art ︎︎︎ juni-august 2005
FESTIVALER/SCREENINGS︎︎︎
TRIESTE, IT
Wallpaper Dance ︎︎︎ 2009
STOCKHOLM, SE
Shoot dancefilm festival ︎︎︎ 2006
Shoot dancefilm festival ︎︎︎ 2005
OSLO, NO
Oslo Open ︎︎︎ 2003
Kunstnernes Hus ︎︎︎ 2002
TRONDHEIM, NO
Minimalen Kortfilmfestival ︎︎︎ 2003
BERLIN, DE
Volksbühne ︎︎︎ 2003
BRUSSEL, BE
Kaaitheater ︎︎︎ 2002
Or going backwards advancing?
—The queen is getting bigger?
As apropriative art, outsetting in a photograph from a scene out of pedro almodóvars film Kika, Pedersen creates the film Is the Queen Getting Bigger?
In the adoptation of the "kika" photograph, the woman litterally is the underlying element—a woman forced to her knees by a male figure lost in the fascination of what she is not. And if such: does the faith in this woman grow? The image of the woman as something she is not: beautiful, a sylphide, a ballerina...
Is it with Büttger Nilsen as with all of us, that we disclose more of our self in the attempt of hiding then in the presentation? Büttger Nilssen's disposition in meeting with the woman looses him strength; he travels backwards and decreases. Is the Queen Getting Bigger?
Regi/Koreografi: Henriette Pedersen
Regi film: Mari Monrad Vistveen
Key grip, lys: Hilde Jørgenvåg, Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson
Utøvere film: Erlend Samnøen, Anne Guri Tvedt, Beata Kretovicova
Utøvere Leipzig: Erlend Samnøen, Henriette Pedersen
Utøver Statens Balletthøgskole: Erlend Samnøen
Scenograf: Henriette Pedersen
Musikk: Bjørn Torske
Kostyme: Ebba Johansson
Programekst: Alan Lucien Øyen
Fotograf: Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson
Produsent: Nartmanstiftelsen
Co-produsent: BIT Teatergarasjen
Lengde film: 05:25 min
Format: Super 8 på dvd