YAOI Copenhagen
2016 / 12 minutes / Danish with English subtitles
YAOI Copenhagen was made with a group of young people (ages 16–21), members of the LGBT community who grew up on the outskirts of Copenhagen. In response to their personal isolation and the attendant lack of a place to simply exist as members of the gay community, they discover an abandoned cinema (Stenløse Bio), which serves as a kind of safe haven. As a result, the old movie house takes on a meaning quite different from its original purpose.
The film is a delicate portrayal of these young people interacting with one another, exploring their new friendships, and embracing their chosen sexuality, with the old film house as an artistic backdrop. This is a film about identity, gender, and the search for a place to belong.
CREDITS
Director: Lotte Nielsen.
Producer: Oscar Holm.
Cinematographer: Sine Brooker.
Editor: Anna Heide.
Music: Christian Munk Scheuer.
Main Cast: Albert, Benjamin, David, Emil, Maria, Oscar, Oscar.
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
Event: Pogo bar KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.
Screening: CPH: DOX Film Festival, Copenhagen, DK.
Screening with Q&A: SALT Galata, Istanbul, TR.
Screening with Q&A: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR.
Screening with Q&A: Copenhagen Pride, Copenhagen, DK.
Solo show: GL Strand, Copenhagen, DK.
Screening with Q&A: Southhampton Arts Center, New York, USA.
Group show: Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London, UK.
Solo show: Schimmel Projects Art Centre, Dresden, DE.
Screening: Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Durban, ZA.
Group show: EXTRACT – Young Art Prize CPH, GL Strand, Copenhagen, DK – (Prize winner)
Solo show: Flowers Gallery, London, UK – selected by Jane and Louise Wilson.
Solo exhibition | 2017 | GL Strand
Exhibition catalogue. Click to download.