Heaven is overrated
When is the gospel making its promises true?
4.9.23
1.10.23
Fabrikken for Kunst & Design
The artistic research
In this 4 weeks IN PRODUCTION residency Lydia Östberg Diakités will dive into the production process of Heaven is overrated, a new performance/video installation that will be exhibited at Nikolaj Kunsthal in the fall of 2023.
In this new work Lydia is focusing on the history and origin of the gospel and deconstructing it into a modern tale about criticism towards transfobi, queerphobia, climate change and systematic violence towards marginalized people.
Lydia will dissect the idea of when is the gospel making its promises true, we have been told to “hold on for just a little while longer, everything will be alright” but how long is that wait going to be? Through text, performance and installation, unfolding with new gospel songs expresses an idea of afropessimism towards the christian gospel tradition. From a black feminist and queer eye finally tell what is what and answer, there will be no more waiting and holding on but demanding truths and rewards now.
the artist
Lydia Ö Diakité
Lydia Östberg Diakité is a swedish-Ivorian artist and choreographer based in Copenhagen. Working across choreography, performance, video, text and installation, her multidisciplinary practice explores storytelling through performative gestures, choreographic structures and embodied forms of knowledge.
Her work investigates how images and narratives can be rearranged to create new ways of seeing, relating and imagining. Diakité graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2017 and Maumaus 26. Her work has been presented in a range of institutional and independent contexts in Denmark and internationally.
In 2019, she co-founded Dance Cooperative, an artist-run studio and platform for dance and choreography in Copenhagen, which is now maintained and organised collectively by a group of 15 members.
Format
In Production