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Månedens kunstner: Iben Mansfeld

-Where were you born?

Göteborg

-Where do you live?

Bergen

-What pronouns do you use?

They/Them

– What makes you work with performance?

Performatively, I recreate situations of powerlessness and despair in order to take back control, in order to free myself from it. I want to meet an audience through vulnerability, in the unpredictable and challenge the way we are expected to face complex social situations.

– Do you have any rituals before performing?

1 shot of Fernet

– What was the best performance you have done so far? Why?

My project «unwanted», because it contains everything that I wish to convey as a performance artist

– Are you currently working on any performance?

Yes, I am working on a new performance about rejection, which I will perform later this year.

– What advice would you give to someone who is interested in working with performance?

Don't wait for the opportunity to perform, take the place you need and jump into it.

– Can you give us a few names of performance artists who inspire you?

I am inspired by other performance artists who challenge the human complexity in social situations such as Marina Abramovic, Anna Odell and Yayoi Kuzama.

Photos of unwanted: Eleanor Smith

Photos of Midsommerfeiring: Madihe Gharibi