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WANTED is an exhibition that both presents the work with the film You’ll Never Be Hired Like That, and which, through works and scenography, points to the western genre as a strange fantasy and the idea of “freedom” as a mirage.
You’ll Never Be Hired Like That is created in collaboration with Virgil Bendixen, Ragnhild Bjorholm, Anna Colstrup, Maria Egsgaard, Morten Fjordhauge, Maj Færgeman, Wilma Glatzl, Ida-Matilde Karla Greve- Nielsen, Karla Harder, Gina Hasli, Katrine Heide, Lisbeth Hermansen, Anya Khlobas, Emilie Palm, Marie Pastré, Christina Skøtt Juul, Aske Vanggaard, Malte Wilken and Victor Wuisman.
The script for You’ll Never Be Hired Like That is based on an edited version of the English subtitles from Akira Kurosawa’s film Yojimbo. Here, a wandering rōnin (stray samurai/freelancer) arrives in a windswept village torn apart by two rival gangs in their battle for goods and money. The law enforcement is either corrupt or a laughing stock, and the samurai plays the two gangs against each other by alternately offering himself as a mercenary for one and the other gang leader. With the samurai’s help, the gangs slaughter each other and the city is liberated and can now be rebuilt from scratch.
In You’ll Never Be Hired Like That, the drama is transferred to a small town in West Jutland, which visual artist Lisbeth Hermansen has renamed Country Town. Over 4 days in October 2022, students from Krabbesholm Højskole and Fyns Laboratorie for Ung Kunst gathered in Country Town to discuss the script, cook, develop the characters and film the scenes for what has become You’ll Never Be Hired Like That – a collective experiment that examines the myth of the freelancer, freedom and community in a – perhaps – post-state, windswept landscape in West Jutland.
Because how can the concept of freedom be understood differently, if not as something we take from each other? You’ll Never Be Hired Like That is a film that, in its making, questions our notions of freedom. Freedom from the bonds of community, freedom from others, freedom to do as you like, or freedom as something we create together.
The exhibition and the film are supported by:
Country Town
Fyns Laboratorie for Ung Kunst
Krabbesholm Højskole
Statens Kunstfond
Kulturregion Fyn
Kulturelt Samråd Lemvig
WANTED er en udstilling, der både præsenterer arbejdet med filmen You’ll Never Be Hired Like That, og som igennem værker og scenografi peger på westerngenren som en mærkelig fantasi og idéen om “frihed” som et fatamorgana.
You’ll Never Be Hired Like That er skabt i samarbejde med Virgil Bendixen, Ragnhild Bjorholm, Anna Colstrup, Maria Egsgaard, Morten Fjordhauge, Maj Færgeman, Wilma Glatzl, Ida-Matilde, Karla Greve-Nielsen, Karla Harder, Gina Hasli, Katrine Heide, Lisbeth Hermansen, Anya Khlobas, Emilie Palm, Marie Pastré, Christina Skøtt Juul, Aske Vanggaard, Malte Wilken og Victor Wuisman.
Manuskriptet til You’ll Never Be Hired Like That bygger på en bearbejdet version af de engelske undertekster fra Akira Kurosawas film Yojimbo. Her ankommer en omstrejfende rōnin (herreløs samurai/freelancer) til en vindblæst landsby, som to rivaliserende bander har splittet ad i deres kamp om varer og penge. Ordensmagten er enten korrupt eller til grin, og samuraien spiller de to bander ud imod hinanden ved skiftevis at tilbyde sig som lejesoldat for den ene og den anden bandeleder. Med samuraiens hjælp nedslagter banderne hinanden og byen befries og kan nu bygges op fra bunden.
I You’ll Never Be Hired Like That er dramaet overført til en lille vestjysk by, som billedkunstneren Lisbeth Hermansen har omdøbt Country Town. Over 4 dage i oktober 2022 var elever fra Krabbesholm Højskole og Fyns Laboratorie for Ung Kunst samlet i Country Town for at diskutere manuskriptet, lave mad, udvikle karaktererne og sammen filme scenerne til det, der er blevet til You’ll Never Be Hired Like That – et kollektivt eksperiment, der undersøger myten om freelanceren, frihed og fællesskab i et – måske – post-statsligt, vindblæst landskab i Vestjylland.
For hvordan kan konceptet om frihed forstås anderledes, hvis ikke som noget, vi tager fra hinanden? You’ll Never Be Hired Like That er en film, der i sin tilblivelse sætter spørgsmålstegn ved vores forestillinger om frihed. Frihed fra fællesskabets bånd, frihed fra de andre, frihed til at gøre som man vil, eller frihed som noget, vi skaber sammen.
Udstillingen og filmen er støttet af:
Country Town
Fyns Laboratorie for Ung Kunst
Krabbesholm Højskole
Statens Kunstfond
Kulturregion Fyn
Kulturelt Samråd Lemvig
