Grendel / 2021 

Performance , customized Orc morphsuit, custom-made slippers, ocarina, wireless microphone.

Performance was a part of Another Map To Nevada, Copenahgen boat-ride, curated by The Performance Agency

“This interplay between hypnotic droning and active storytelling casts a spell in which one is both at peace and out of conscious control, an enraptured bystander watching a fantasy unfurl like plumes of smoke. Copenhagen’s canal is peppered with bridges, here transformed into frequent points of contact between audience and performers…Quickly, due to the combined effects of the soporific soundtrack and the gentle surreality of the performances, the entire city begins to feel like some elaborately constructed, ethereal choreography, from the wavering city lights reflected on the water to the curious residents peering down at us, waving.”

Text excerpt from article: Nautical Nirvana by Eliza Levinson /Spike Art Magazine

For the group show `Another Map to Nevada Copenhagen´, Kristoffer Akselbo presented the work ‘Grendel’ inspired by the eponymous orcish monster, an antagonist to the Danes from the Old English epic poem ‘Beowulf'. Hidden in his dungeon environment, dressed as a green monster, Akselbo played lyrical melodies from his ocarina flute and lured the passing boat into the shore..

Photos from performance: Melanie Glück, Betty Krag, Luis Artemio de los Santos