ASYLUM 2011

Asylum is a live performance that references the past and current histories of the Sundholm community in which The Factory for Art and Design is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark.

These histories are explored in a series of narratives that gradually form a vernacular archive.  The lines of fact and fiction are blurred, as traces of various characters materialize during the performance via objects allegedly discovered in the dark ceiling tunnels above the floor of the exhibition hall.

Serving as a kind of archeologist, Coble excavates artifacts from people who have played a crucial role throughout the many states of change and development that the Sundholm community has experienced.

Over the three day span of the performance Coble carefully lowers the ‘authentic’ objects from the ceiling tunnels down to be examined by the public. The continuously changing of the objects’ configuration incites viewers to question the archeologist’s representation of the histories and create their own narratives.