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example I don’t necessarily agree with the Danish law or the
Danish politicians just because I am a Dane. And it is the same
like: How can we produce the best children? Who should be
the ones who get to reproduce? Who should represent us in
the next generation? Who are the best mothers and fathers?
you are still a part of it. And then the society decides what is
best for all of us. These are some of my thoughts about this.
But it is also connected to having an identity, not just one, but
many identities. And we have different relations to different
society don’t think about these issues. And regarding to your
be and have a body. I
use “have” because I see the body as a material that you can
form as you want.
TB: But it is almost a paradox, this difference between
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“having” and “being” a body.
MD: But there is no reason why the “body” should only present
a corporeal entity. Both the English and the Danish word for
“body” is also used to refer to other material things, for
instance when talking about a “body of works” in an art show,
or a “body of thoughts”.
TB: It is also provocative to say “We Have a Body”. Because it
is not necessarily the same one. I read it as an ironic comment,
this “we” - or potentially ironic.
BR: In relation to the title, do you play with the idea of a local
and a global body? Or an inner or an outer body?
MW: Yes I do, in many ways. There is for example the relation
between the artist and the artwork, and the viewer and the
viewed/the object. And I chose to do the title in English
UDSNIT FRA UDSTILLINGEN WE HAVE A BODY