Antibodies is Maja Malou Lyse’s graduation project from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2022 and was first shown at Afgang at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The work is twofold: one part is a video piece, and the other is a magazine cover and article featuring a series of self-portraits created for the fashion magazine Eurowoman, which was published and sold between April 20 and May 20, 2022.

The work extended beyond the traditional exhibition space, being distributed, seen, and purchased across the country during the same period. Copies of this edition of Eurowoman are also included in the exhibition, allowing the audience to experience both parts of the work together.

Body Politics on the Platform
In the solo exhibition, visitors can experience Lyse’s video work Antibodies at Roskilde Station. The video blends humor, pop culture, and critical reflection on themes such as body politics, sexuality, pleasure, and self-representation, which are subjects that Lyse has consistently explored in her artistic practice.

In the work, we encounter a collage of video sequences, including a wide range of feminist literature, found clips from film and television, Lyse posing as a model in a photoshoot, and the animated sex toy, Satisfyer Pro. Antibodies clearly builds upon the legacy of cultural historians, feminist thinkers, artists, and activists, as Lyse openly asks both herself and the audience some of the complex questions and considerations that arise in the relationship between body, gender, identity, and image.