Upon this invitation from Praxis, I’ve been trying to locate some of the more informal daily elements that somehow appear vital for my practice - those things that happen outside of the linearity of rehearsal schedules, etc. Throughout these days, we will therefore venture into different states of embodiment, such as shorter HIT (high intensity) workouts with my interval app, reading, probably practice some dances from the late Renaissance because they are fun, and discuss the messed-up foundations of European dance history. We will move in circles around the idea of the body as a domain of fiction and try to navigate some sort of blurry landscape between theory and practice.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Louis Schou-Hansen (b. 1992 - Alling, Denmark) is an interdisciplinary artist and performer employing performance, text, installation, and curation to situate the body as a domain of fiction, largely narrated by myths from the early modern Europe. From here, its work typically dives into assemblages of deviant subjectivities, re-animations of history, tragedies, and dystopian ironies, interested in the search for more compelling ways of living with a body and everything that exists around it.

Louis holds a BA from the Oslo National Academy of Dance and an MA from the Dutch Art Institute, and its work has recently been presented by venues such as the ICA (London), NADA – New Art Dealers Alliance (New York), Dansens Hus (Oslo), Copenhagen Contemporary, Suprainfinit Gallery (Bucharest), Dansehallerne (Copenhagen), My Wild Flag (Stockholm), and The Munch Museum (Oslo).

Since 2024, it is the organizer and curator of MIND EATER, an annual parasite festival for interdisciplinary performance and discursive practices, together with Runa Borch Skolseg.