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Molly Haslund
Residency:
April – May, 2023

Molly Haslund, Flower Drop, 2020. Two-hour performance involving Molly Haslund, a flower bouquet from the local florist and people in the streets. Performed in public space near Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark as part of Den Frie Morning Vol. 2. Photo by Malle Madsen.
Molly Haslund, Flower Drop, 2020. Two-hour performance involving Molly Haslund, a flower bouquet from the local florist and people in the streets. Performed in public space near Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark as part of Den Frie Morning Vol. 2. Photo by Malle Madsen.
Molly Haslund, Teenagers Eating Ice Cream Cones, National Gallery of Denmark, 2020 is a performance and black and white ‘pre-documentary photograph’, 47''x 31'', Hahnemühle Baryta 325. The photograph is made in collaboration with photographer Lærke Posselt prior to the actual performance, which takes place two weeks later at the same location featuring the same performers. In the collection of SMK – National Gallery of Denmark.
Molly Haslund, Teenagers Eating Ice Cream Cones, National Gallery of Denmark, 2020 is a performance and black and white ‘pre-documentary photograph’, 47''x 31'', Hahnemühle Baryta 325. The photograph is made in collaboration with photographer Lærke Posselt prior to the actual performance, which takes place two weeks later at the same location featuring the same performers. In the collection of SMK – National Gallery of Denmark.
Molly Haslund, Jeg keder mig ad helvede til (I Am Bored as Hell), 2020. Twelve-hour performance involving Molly Haslund, a sign made of wood and paint measuring 35’’x18’’x70’’ and people in the streets. Public space Copenhagen, Denmark. Part of the 100 artists, 100 walks, 100 days Wa(l)king Copenhagen, arranged and curated by Metropolis Copenhagen. Photo by Jens Haaning.
Molly Haslund, Jeg keder mig ad helvede til (I Am Bored as Hell), 2020. Twelve-hour performance involving Molly Haslund, a sign made of wood and paint measuring 35’’x18’’x70’’ and people in the streets. Public space Copenhagen, Denmark. Part of the 100 artists, 100 walks, 100 days Wa(l)king Copenhagen, arranged and curated by Metropolis Copenhagen. Photo by Jens Haaning.
Molly Haslund, Hedera Helix (Gekisai Dai Ichi). Virtual Reality movie, 2 channels, 12 minutes each. O––Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Dorte Krogh.
Molly Haslund, Hedera Helix (Gekisai Dai Ichi). Virtual Reality movie, 2 channels, 12 minutes each. O––Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Dorte Krogh.
Molly Haslund, Clown Nose (Unexpected Behavior), 2019. Real size. Made of 18-karat fair trade gold and rubber band. O––Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Dorte Krogh.
Molly Haslund, Clown Nose (Unexpected Behavior), 2019. Real size. Made of 18-karat fair trade gold and rubber band. O––Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by Dorte Krogh.
Molly Haslund, Coordination Model – Skipping Rope Pillar, 2005. Measures 48’’x 25’’ covering an area of 10x10 square meters when activated. Made of wood, paint, and rope. Choreographies of the Social, public space, Stockholm, 2019. Photo by Richard Estay.
Molly Haslund, Coordination Model – Skipping Rope Pillar, 2005. Measures 48’’x 25’’ covering an area of 10x10 square meters when activated. Made of wood, paint, and rope. Choreographies of the Social, public space, Stockholm, 2019. Photo by Richard Estay.
Molly Haslund, Coordination model - Circles, 2013. Duration varies. Involves Molly Haslund, people in the street and three oversized math compasses measuring 90''- 70''- 50''. Public space, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark. In the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde. Photo by Matilde Haaning.
Molly Haslund, Coordination model - Circles, 2013. Duration varies. Involves Molly Haslund, people in the street and three oversized math compasses measuring 90''- 70''- 50''. Public space, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark. In the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde. Photo by Matilde Haaning.
Asymmetric. Portrait of Molly Haslund by Jenny Sundby
Asymmetric. Portrait of Molly Haslund by Jenny Sundby

Molly Haslund lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work is performative and sculptural, ranging from musical performances to video works, installations, and choreographed group performances in public spaces. She uses shifting strategies to explore the ways in which identities, social hierarchies, and norms are embedded in and negotiated through movement, cultural rituals, and the configuration of our environment. Specific sites, historical archives, banal objects, and everyday situations are the driving force behind Haslund’s subtle interventions. Thematically, she addresses the mechanisms of interpersonal relationships with an absurdist approach, questioning the nature of representation, contemporary socio-economic rationales, and individual autonomy and agency.

Molly Haslund graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Glasgow School of Art in 2005. Since then, she has performed and exhibited nationally and internationally. Her latest exhibitions include: ARR. Metropolis, Blågårds Plads, Copenhagen, performance: Mennesker på jorden (People on the Ground), (2022), SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, performance: Teenagers Eating Ice Cream Cones (2020), Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Den Frie Morgen, Vol. 2, performance: Flower Drop, (2021), Absolute Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan, solo exhibition: Clown Wall (2019-2020), O––Overgaden, Copenhagen, solo
exhibition: Teenagers Eating Ice Cream Cones (2019).

In November 2022 Really Simple Syndication Press published the monograph Flower Drop – Introducing Molly Haslund.

Haslund’s works are represented in the collections of the SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark, and Wanås Konst, Sweden.

Haslund has been awarded a residency at 18th Street through the Danish Arts Foundation.

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