Louis Schou-Hansen ~ Keywords: tragedy, performance, deviance, dystopian irony, queerness, re-animations of history, fiction

Louis Schou-Hansen (b. 1992 - Alling, Denmark) is an interdisciplinary artist and performer employing performance, text and installation to situate the body as a domain of fiction, largely narrated by myths from early modern Europe. From here, its work typically dives into assemblages of dissident subjects, re-animations of history, tragedies, and dystopian ironies, interested in the search for more compelling ways of living with a body and everything that exists around it.  

Louis has done studies at Oslo National Academy of Dance and the Dutch Art Institute, and its works has recently been presented by venues such as the ICA (London), NADA – New Art Dealers Alliance (New York), Dansens Hus (Oslo), Copenhagen Contemporary, Suprainfinit Gallery (Bucharest), Dansehallerne (Copenhagen), My Wild Flag (Stockholm), and The Munch Museum (Oslo). 

Since 2024, it is the initiator of MIND EATER, an annual parasite festival for interdisciplinary performance and discursive practices, together with Runa Borch Skolseg.

Louis@DAI:

*Learn more about Louis Schou-Hansen's 20 minute performance Pleasure for Chameleon Orbit ~  DAI's Aeroponic Acts 2024 at Centrale Fies in Italy. 

*Learn more about Louis Schou-Hansen written MA thesis (DAI, 2024): Regina George of the 17th Century: On How the Sun King Messed Us Up and the Potentials of Counterfactual History

*During its journey with DAI,  Louis made significant contributions to: COOP Summit 2023: My mother composed me as I now compose her as well as COOP SUMMIT 2024 ~ Meta/Mega TRANS - Modes of Narration                                       

*Follow Louis' 'Life after DAI' via https://louisschouhansen.net and Instagram