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James Webb
Prayer, 2009-10. mixed media/sound installation .

My World Images, Copenhagen, Denmark

Various Artists at Various venues

This arts festival in Copenhagen, Denmark boasts a program of dance, theatre, music and visual art from a spectrum of international artists. From South Africa, Brett Bailey and James Webb put in appearances. Bailey re-stages his Afro-cabaret hit 'House of the Holy Afro' and Webb, working accross disciplines, exhibits site-specific versions of his works 'Prayer', 'In Living Memory of What Never Happened' and a new work, a public rally titled 'It's Never Just "Dance"'.

Webb also co-curates the New Sound program of the festival, and has proposed the work of Omar Souleyman from Syria to perform at the festival’s opening event.

03 September - 12 September

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Jo Ractliffe
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