Saturday, December 14, 2024
Covid Dissident Reunion
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About The Project
Covid Dissident Reunion is a demonstration concept that mixes flash mob, happening and DDP (Decentralized Dance Party) with a system critical massage.
It is a micro-demonstration which can be carried out with just 10 - 15 participants (However, there may well be more).
The participants do not need to practice for the event. It is sufficient that you meet half an hour before the settlement and talk through the process.
The focal point of the concept is that the participants wear small speakers on their backs which can transmit a radio signal.
This means that the participants synchronously transmit the same soundtrack.
The participants weave in and out between people in the urban space. Sometimes as a small group. At other times more scattered, but all the time they transmit a common soundtrack alternating between spoken messages and music.
It is a subtle, partly camouflaged demonstration in the borderland between happening, march and flash mob.
Covid Dissident Reunion is a follow-up to the large Covid-critical demonstrations from 2020 - 2022 with a desire to gather some of the people who participated then. When we finish the event we go to a cafe and have a good time.
Covid Dissident Reunion is a kind of demonstration tour that goes around to some of the larger cities where Covid-critical demonstrations have taken place.
So far, the following cities are planned:
Malmö 12/1 '25, Copenhagen 26/1 '25, Odense 9/2 '25, Aarhus 23/2 '25, Aalborg 9/3 '25
It is possible to add more cities. It could also be fun to take a trip abroad. Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin or to Nordic capitals such as Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki
The aim is that it should be local participants. Of course, people are welcome to come along to the various destinations, but the idea is for the event to be carried by local "Covid dissidents".
There will be an opportunity to take part in the group dances, which are by now well-known in the environment, but you can easily take part in the demonstration without taking part in the dances.
Mikkel Meinike Nielsen (dj mimeine) is behind the concept. He is also behind the party demo concept Hocus Pocus Party, which you can read more about her
Explanation of words and concepts
Dissident
The word "dissident". "Dissident" can be translated as "System critic". It is a person who publicly expresses disagreement with - or opposition to - a government's policy, a prevailing discourse or a regime's ideology.
Decentralized Dance Party - DDP
Decentralized Dance Party - DDP can be translated as Decentralized Dance Party. It is a type of event where participants use portable speakers connected to a shared music source, often an FM or Bluetooth signal. A synchronized dance experience is created in the public space. Emphasis is placed on spontaneity, community and fun.
Covid Dissident Reunion is not a "Decentralized Dance Party", but it is the same principle the event uses. The participants wear small speakers which transmit a common soundtrack.
Here is the link to Tom and Gary's Decentralized Dance Party website
Flashmob
A flash mob is a group of people who suddenly gather in a public place to perform an unusual or entertaining action for a short period of time, after which they quickly disperse again.
Happening
A happening is an artistic event or performance that often involves the audience and takes place outside traditional art institutions. It is a spontaneous and unpredictable form of art that challenges the boundaries between art and reality.
Those who love peace must learn to organize as well as those who love war - Martin Luther King Jr.
A bit of Background
In the covid years 2020 - 2022, there was a relatively large group of people all over the world who came out as dissidents. People who did not agree with the basis for the introduction of sanctions, who broke the established guidelines of wearing a mask, keeping distance, getting tested regularly and so on. Many of these dissidents came together and began to organize, meeting in groups and communities both online and in the physical world.
Large demonstrations against the Covid measures were organized all over the world.
As the restrictions were eased in most places in the world in the years 2021 - 2022, the explicit resistance and the large demonstrations also decreased, but it was as if the Covid dissidents did not just find their way back into their old roles. Something had changed in the whole society and those who had become dissidents during the Covid years continued to have a socially critical approach. The criticism of society in these groupings focused on topics such as the effect of the Covid-19 vaccines, propaganda, totalitarianism, economy and money creation, agenda 21, wokeism, the green agenda, Stakeholder capitalism, WHO, World Economic Forum, health policy, immigration policy, agricultural policy, globalization, technocracy, robotization and alienation.
Malmö 12/1 '25
We meet outside in front of Station Triangeln (St Johannesgaten) at 1 pm.
Our route goes through the pedestrian street down to the central station where we finish. Along the way, we stop at selected places. There will be group dances for those who wish, and music and speech will be played via our speaker system. When we have finished, we find a place where we can talk together, have fun and also buy food and drink.
Copenhagen 26/1 '25
We meet at Kultorvet. at 1 pm.
Our route goes through the pedestrian street, Rådhuspladsen and Vesterbrogade down to the central station where we finish. Along the way, we stop at selected places. There will be group dances for those who wish, and music and speech will be played via our speaker system. When we have finished, we find a place where we can talk together, have fun and buy food and drink.
Odense 9/2 '25
We meet at the sculpture "Skyggen, the traveling companion and the improviser" which is located in a small square directly opposite the entrance to Odense Railway Station at 1 pm..
Our route goes through Kongensgade, Vestergade and the city center and back to the back entrance of Odense railway station through the railway station and back to where we started. Along the way, we stop at selected places. There will be group dances for those who wish, and music and speech will be played via our speaker system. When we have finished, we find a place where we can talk together, have fun and buy food and drink.
Aarhus 23/2 '25
We meet at Store Torv in front of the entrance to the cathedral at 1 pm..
Our route goes through the street and maybe up around the Town Hall and then up to the railway station where we go in and out again Kongensgade. We finish at the small square in front of the main station. Along the way, we stop at selected places. There will be group dances for those who wish, and music and speech will be played via our speaker system. When we have finished, we find a place where we can talk together, have fun and buy food and drink.
Aalborg 9/3 '25
We meet at 1 pm. or maybe at 2 pm. Where we meet has not yet been decided. I am grateful to just talk to someone with local knowledge.
Our route goes through the streets with the most pedestrians are up to a central square and then down to the railway station and through the railway station and then ends outside the railway station. Along the way, we stop at selected places. There will be group dances for those who wish, and music and speech will be played via our speaker system. When we have finished, we find a place where we can talk together, have fun and buy food and drink.
