A book about active mythic thinking and scientific storytelling, about fright, trauma, and potentials for transformation.
Histories of Predation traces Marie Kølbæk Iversen's critical reimagining of subjectivity and cultural history, from Mirror Therapy (2015–16) and Io/I (2015–19) to Histories of Predation (2022–) and the performance project Donnimaar (2017–). Interrogating the demographic and aesthetic homogenization of the mid-nineteenth-century Danish nation-state and the ensuing forced forgetting of divergent identities, the book offers a deep-time view on processes of nation building by probing the geopolitical "mythologics" they hinge on.
Marie Kølbæk Iversen (born 1981 in Herning, Denmark) is an interdisciplinary artist who addresses essential questions of temporality, memory and ecological interconnectedness in her installations, video works and performances. She often uses mythological references to create new narrative spaces and build bridges between the past, present and possible futures.
After graduating (MFA) from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2008, Marie Kølbæk Iversen deepened her artistic research and received a PhD in Practice-Based Visual Art in 2023. Her scientific-artistic approach allows her to combine theoretical reflection with experimental practice, resulting in multi-layered, sensual works.
She performs under the name Donnimaar. Her releases combine sonic experiments with performative elements and are closely related to her visual art practice.
Her work has been presented at renowned institutions such as the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark), the Gwangju Biennale (South Korea) and the Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark).
