”FLÄNEUSE/PASSAVANT”

Generous Gestures, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning,

København, Februar 2011

Installationen består af en ca. 3 meter lang catwalk med pyntede levende skildpadder samt to høretelefonermed lyd. Lyden består af fortællinger om tilfældige møder forskellige steder i verden. Historierne er nedskrevet ud fraoplevelser Mette Kit Jensen har haft ved at spadsere i det offentlige rum. En af historierne omhandler en oplevelse I Bazaren i Istanbul hvor De handlende prøver at overgå hinanden i taktiske komplimenter og flirts for at få hende til at shoppe i netop deres bod, en anden handler om en misforståelse i Berlin hvor en mand forfølger hende på gaden med en blomsterbuket fordi han tror hun er den kvinde han har aftalt en date med via internettet.

”FLANEUSE/PASSAVANT”

Den Frie Centre Of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen 2011

The installation consists of a catwalk about 3 meters long, a number of styled, living tortoises and 2 headphones. In the headphones you can hear stories about chance meetings from different cities and countries. The stories are referring to Mette Kit Jensens own experiences with strolls in the public space. One story is from the Istanbul Bazaar where the vendors try to top each other in flirting and giving tactic compliments in order to get her interested in just their shops and goods. Another story is about a misunderstanding: In Berlin she was pursued in the street by a man carrying a flower bouquet. He thought that she was the woman he had dated on the Internet and arranged to meet.