Decomposing and Recomposing. Methods for Becoming Otherwise by MC Coble

Decomposing and Recomposing. Methods for Becoming Otherwise Performance lecture and Installation by MC Coble MC Coble (they/them) will present methods of decomposing and recomposing, of breaking down suppressive social norms and categorizations as well as learning from processes of metamorphosis in nature to open for new connections and embodiments. Trying, failing, using both play and the potentially painful they are looking at, reaching out to and learning from unruly bodies, disruptive minds and rebellious beings. 🍄‍🟫 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫 In their performative practice Coble often use their own queer body while relating to larger communities and politics. They resist binary categories and explore various notions of transformations. Most recently they are thinking along with notions of queer ecologies by instead of asking “What is this?” the question becomes “What is this connected to?” - a tentacular way of thinking about both human and non-human beings, materials, environments and artistic processes. 🍄🍄‍🟫 Bio MC Coble (they/them), a non-binary trans* artist, activist and educator seeking to make visible the hidden/ignored histories and contemporary urgencies of marginalized communities, non-human species and their co-existence. Photography, performance art, video and drawings form a material foundation for their thinking along with queer & trans* feminist intersectional politics. Coble often works site-specifically, research-based and collectively. Most recently Coble has exhibited at the Sune Jonsson Center for Documentary Photography, Västerbotten Museum and HEIRLOOM-center for art and archives in Copenhagen (2025). Together with their partner, art historian Louise Wolthers, they published the artist book ‘Things Change Anyway’, which won the Swedish Photobook of the Year and the Art Publication of the Year from the International Association of Art Critics, Denmark (2024). Coble has worked as a Senior Lecturer at HDK-Valand (SE) and a Professor of Art at The Funen Art Academy (DK); currently and occasionally they teach short term workshops. Coble lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden. 🍄‍🟫 Link: 🍄‍🟫 www.mccoble.com 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫 🍜 After the performance lecture, we will serve dinner. Please feel free to stay and dine with us and MC. Donations instead of tickets. We gratefully accept donations for food, art, and beverages. Workshops and study groups are free of charge unless otherwise stated. Read more about our approach here.