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Kenneth A. Balfelt

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Cirque d`Enba de Lyon

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Søren Engsted

Fanfare les Talku` Freaks

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Institut d`Arts Visuels d`Orléans

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Henrik Plenge Jakobsen

Finn Janning

Jacob Dahl Jürgensen

Annette Kelm

John Kørner

Jason Kraus

Claus Larsen

Let me show you the world

Mads Lindberg

Florian Neufeldt

Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen

Michael Sailstorfer

Tomas Saraceno

Tove Storch

Kristian Sverdrup

Koki Tanaka

Henrik Vibskov

Ulrik Weck

Jordan Wolfson

KENNETH A.BALFELT & KING AYISOBA

What kind of circus is this 2009
Music Video and CD
A reinterpretation of circus music. A collaboration between King Ayisoba (Musician/Composer, Ghana) and Kenneth A. Balfelt (Visual Artist, Denmark)

What Kind of Circus Is This
What kind of fools are we
What can I do to set me free
The circus left town and took our elephants with them
I fell so down
I won’t play the clown
We are seated. The show is about to start. We are a bit anxious. The show starts, events take place ... but then it happens. He misses a pole; he makes a mistake. We are in a state of limbo. Will he make it the next time? We hold our breath and the muscles in our chest tighten.
We, the audience, are partly in control of what happens in the manège. It is not the performer only - contrary to other scene acts as concerts and theaters. The relationship between the audience and the performer is “connectiveness”. When we enter the circus we are part of a non-chosen community whether we like it or not. We are part of the same energy. What is the relationship between Africa and the West? Who performs and who is the audience? Who holds the breath for whom? And who is responsible for what?

Biography Kenneth A. Balfelt

*1966 in Denmark
1997–2001 Goldsmiths College, London
Lives and works in Bjæverskov


Selected projects and exhibitions

2009
T-ARD, with Jon Nedergaard, Områdetsekretariatet and Tingbjerg Skole
Pavillion for youth in Nysted, Denmark

2005–2009
Place de la Fleur, Lorient, France, with Jeppe Hein

2006–2009
Dugnad Centret, Vesterbro, Copenhagen

2008
Dad Behind Bars, Kunstmuseet Køge Skitse Samling

2006–2007
Community project with young immigrant youngsters to renovate and define the youth club 'Fisken' in Copenhagen

2006–2007
Mændenes Hjem, Copenhagen, with Fos, Charlott Karlsson and Helle Gade Jensen

2006
Café Heimdal, Sid Ned, Copenhagen

2004–2005
Städtische Zirkulationen, Part of Urban Art Stories, Berlin

2004
Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

2003
Libraries for kids in Santa Marta and Mangueira de Botafogo favelas, Rio de Janeiro

2002
FutureArchive with Fos at Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
The ZDB Skills Archive, Life Policies, Ze Dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon

2001
RealART Space, Ireland

2000
OfficeHours, Whitechapel, London
The Future is Now! Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

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