Katharina Sieverding (CZ/DE, b. 1941) participated in the landmark exhibition Kvindeudstillingen XX at Charlottenborg in 1975 and, alongside Marina Abramović and Inge Mahn, was one of the major international stars of her time. Although Sieverding is a significant artist who has played a decisive role in feminist art history, she has only rarely exhibited in Denmark. Her “selfie” photographs and her continuation of pop art remain sharp and relevant today.

Here, we present the spectacular video work Life-Death from 1969. The experimental character shapes the scenes of the film, which was recorded without a script and features music by the cult band Kraftwerk. Just as the title connects life and death with a hyphen, the work celebrates oppositions and fluid transitions – between night and day, between genders, between life and death.