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J&K: Egyptomaniacs/ The Making of, photo, 2006/2007 Roed_pil_left2 01/09 Roed_pil_right2

Egyptomaniacs is a sampling of impressions, artefacts, staged photos and documented performances which has been collected and processed by J&K ((Janne Schäfer (DE) og Kristine Agergaard (DK)) during a longterm residency in Egypt in 2006. We commence in a dimly lit corridor that features text panels, photographs and diorama boxes. This is where J&K’s narrative begins, conjuring up a pseudo-documentary and fictional futuristic universe, where former colonials are trapped in tourist resorts and prophets meet witches from the African interior and hip-hoppers from Cairo. At the end of the corridor a somewhat startling scenario awaits us. For we step into a huge diorama box where we ourselves become part of a mythical and possibly post-apocalyptic landscape. Egyptomaniacs is J&K's first major exhibition in Denmark.

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For more information contact Naja Rantorp +45 3257-7273 nr@overgaden.org

J&K: Egyptomaniacs
01.09.2007 - 21.10.2007

Overgaden.
Institute of Contemporary Art

Overgaden Neden Vandet 17
DK-1414 Copenhagen K

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