Martine Sepstrup Jensen

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1 Martine Sepstrup Jensen

2 Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt In my degree exhibition, Sweet Sixteen kunne ellers være sjovt ( Sweet sixteen could have been fun ), one of the components was an 11-metre long salon style exhibition containing a variety of pictures, but without people in them. There are a dog and a cat, a dead hare, a spinal column, and legs that stick up out of a body of water. This made up one of the two rooms of the exhibition. The primary story of the exhibition is from my teenage years but it has many threads leading to today; there are stories of different kinds and lengths. The stories are told in titles that can be read in the survey overview. Briefly about my days as a teenager: I was an left-ving political activist and my entire focus was on politics I shared this with my friends, socially and in school. The schism for me is the rape in Amsterdam and a few months later a violent assault, outside the political sphere the autonomous invincibility could be broken and I became like many other young people, a victim of abuse and I didn t dare tell anyone about it. The time afterwards was like being on a bender, my confidence (in myself) was broken and I became rootless in earnest. Twenty years later, these violations are a generator for starting up my production of works and provide a point of reference for my graduation exhibition. When you entered the gallery, the music played...she was only sixteen.. only sixteen... Installation photo, KHM, Malmö, Se Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

3 Installation photo. The playlist played in loop. Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

4 Installation photo Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

5 Close ups of the objects in the Salon style exhibition Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

6 Installation photos Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

7 Installation photos - the survey overview, where the titles are. Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

8 1. Hibiscus, from when I turned 30 in Hawaii. 2. Pegs. 3. Easter 1994: We were dropped off, it had taken 24 hours to hitchhike, it was a fun trip in many different cars. 4. Amsterdam Central Station, where we, all five of us, had agreed to meet. 5. Sun lounger. 6. A hand that gropes up and down my side. It gave the traumas new fuel, Don t live alone can t be alone yet. 8. Chicory my granddad often called coffee chicory. Chicory was used as a coffee substitute during the German occupation. 9. Livelong can be put into the cracks, to ensure that one has a long life. (Kilde: Elias Bredsdorff; H.C.Andersen, mennesket og digteren, Fremad, s.21) 10. We went out to the house occupied by squatters and waited until someone came home. 11. Tonight we ll have a party and get to know our new friends. Andreas, Christian, and Ray want to go out and get some shrooms, Thure and I will stay for the party in the house. 12. Nectarine. 13. Security. 14. Terror-suppressing tool, it can only make a single journey at a time. 15. The face of madness wrapping itself around my spine like an illustration of the DNA molecule, spiralling and entangled. 16. The other three tennis balls (for juggling) were in my school bag, which the molesters kept when they threw me out, beaten and violated, at the Frederikssund Marina, autumn Titles, read from the left down Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

9 17. The jacket from my youth as an left-ving political activist. 18. Anemones in Lolland I picked it (Citat: Kaj Munk, Forlæg Den blå anemone. Højskolesangbogen, FFDs Forlag, nr Fear-suppressing tools, like a cannonball in the stomach. 20. The day after: have probably never, before this, had such a bad day raped don t dare tell anyone about it. The boys want to see the sights and have a good time enjoy life Hah! 21. The rest of the trip down there I ve suppressed, I only remember the rapist s behaviour towards me. The humiliation was total and that I would rather forget. 22. Devastated by experiences and time, it can be hard to look forward. 23. The quiet calm of the forest. 24. A lack of focus gives me room to manoeuvre, especially outside. 25. Loft. 26. Cat and dog - cosy, actually. 27. We hitchhike to Odense, where the guys remain behind; I am going home. A gross, gross man stops the car before the ferry landing and begins to grope me I run out of the car and ride home with a truck driver. 28. On my return from the trip I come home to a family party it is my birthday hooray Hare. 30. A handstand in the Norwegian countryside, again and again I try to defy the depth of my mind. 31. Last summer three children were crushed to death by straw bales among which they were playing. Titles, read from the left down Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

10 Installation photo Sweet Sixteen - kunne ellers være sjovt

11 Bedclothes - unequivocally affirm their brotherhood When I read the Danish edition of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, I thought how the book ends with the statement that men and women unequivocally affirm their brotherhood. The last four words were printed onto bedclothes and photographed in a bedroom environment; at the same time I photographed the last page of the book. (Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex, trans. and ed. by H. M. Parshley (London: Picador, 1988), p. 741.)

12 Installation photo Bedclothes - unequivocally affirm their brotherhood

13 Installation photo Bedclothes - unequivocally affirm their brotherhood

14 Nordre Fasanvej Installation photo Nordre Fasanvej, 2012 A project, witch also has emerged from assault and its consequence today.

15 Installation photo Nordre Fasanvej, ; On the road, drunk. Do not want to bike, sets it and hitchhike 2. Dawn; Beaten up, assaulted, embarrassed and confused at Frederikssund Marina ;Restarted again. It s from here I start again.

16 Installation photo Nordre Fasanvej, Still challenged, psychoses rages. Then everything are felt in the heart and paralyses, even the smallest sounds. 5. Every morning starts at the house from a familymember or friend, often from the floor. 6. Under various conditions, one rutine are always there. 7. Commuting and citylandscapes are often breathtaking and absorbs alot of energy. Silence, eyes closed, sitting in the back and looking backwards helps

17 Installation photo Nordre Fasanvej, The strategy are different this time, try to be here with the entire entourage and challenges. 9. Repeat, repeat, again and again to make the feeling of silence and safety. (the sound from the tvshow Matador played online from the computer.)

18 Synstest Eyechart no. 13 (Dream, lust, fantasy, hope - speaking the language of desire), 2012 An eyechart, that have a vertical text.

19 Eyechart no.12 (Curtains, plates, room in the heart are present in this home), 2012

20 Installationphoto Horizontal, vertical textboards, Sakskøbing Bibliotek, 2010 From the left: Eyechart no. 7 (The Sea is so blue, that only blood are more red) [Merleau-Ponty] Eyechart no. 6 (While we wait for Godot - how long) [Beckett] Eyechart no. 5 (Do not kill a singing bird - Fly) [Lee] An exhibition on Sakskoebing Libery where I showed eyecharts and other textpieces, they all had a literary paraphases and quotes. The Eyechartproject started in 2002, I still work on it from time to time. note: The translated titles are translated from danish word-by-word, not as in the english titles.

21 The gaps of P. S. Krøyer The Gaps of P. S. Krøyer (2008), 2013 The dogs diggings, photographed in a serie of six. P. S. Krøyer called his depressions for gaps.

22 Train Toget, 2011 Flyer, assault/paw over-story.

23 Fisk Directory of Fish with a vertical extract from the Serenity Prayer: Serentity, Courage and Wisdom to know the difference, (Kilde: Muus, Bent J: Havfisk og fiskeri i Nordvesteuropa, Gads Forlag, København 1998.)

24 Model (spiralling and entangled) Model (spiralling and entangled), 2013 Small model of the Spine, plastic.

25 Sun lounger Sun lounger, Seydisfjordur, 2006 Project shown in public space, because one doesn t lie down in public spaces unless one is defiant, drunk, sick, or homeless.

26 Installation photo of the predecessor Chair, 2006 and sketch of Chair and Sun loungers.

27 57 ting, der går lige i hjertet

28 57 matters, with direct line to the heart, 2012

29 Flip over book Flip over book, 2011 Words associated to shame, ordnet.dk

30 Ord om kvinder Word on women, 2002 A collection of words on women found in various dictionaries, shown in three long posters.

31 Vov Vov, 2002 One vov yields a dog, to vove (dare) is to be brave. Underneath it says, mod mut courage, that is, courage in three languages, but also being against depressing vovemod (audacity).

32 C.V. Martine Sepstrup Jensen (b.1977) born in Copenhagen, live and work in Lolland, Denmark Education: 2013 Malmö Art Academy, Lunds Universitet, (SE) [MFA] 2007 Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, (CA) [Exchange one term] 2003 Funen Art Academy, (DK) 2001 Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø [Folk high school], (DK) Courses: (Kuno) 2006 Blind Date/Mika Hannula, Kuvataideakatemia, Bildkonstakademin, (FI) 2006 Seydisfjordur/Bjørn Roth, Listaháskóli Islands, (IS) 2005 Urban Subversion/Ange Taggart, Kuvataideakatemia, Bildkonstakademin, (FI) Exhibitions: 2013 Åbne Atelierdøre Guldborgsund, Fjelde, (DK) 2012 Afgangsudstilling, KHM, (SE)[solo] 2012 Havnegalleriet i Nysted, (DK)[solo] 2010 Sakskøbing Bibliotek, (DK)[solo] 2006 Blind date, Kiasma, Helsinki, (FI) 2006 Skaftfell Art Center, Seydisfjordur, (IS) 2002 Ungkonst, Malmö(SE) & København(DK) Contact: Lille Sepstrupgaard Kongstolpevej Sakskøbing tlf: mail: martine.s.jensen@gmail.com Grant: 2013 Sparbankstiftelsen Skåne Stipendium 2002 Ungkonstlegat, [with Eva Hjorth] Various: Exhibitionarranger and founder of Lille Sepstrupgaard. Participated in the Yearly Exhibition at school, internship and videoreporter at kopenhagen.dk, present in different publications, involved in studentpolitic and have had different student boardmemberships, folkhighschool boardmember ( ), worked as location manager, co-initiated Ergo (artist run gallery, ).