Mette Moestrup
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METTE MOESTRUP (MeMo) is a poet and writer. Her practice includes 
translation, performance, multimedia art, collaborative works and essay writing. 
She has published five poetry collections, most recently To the Most Beautiful 
(English translation, 2024). Her critically acclaimed works have been translated 
into several languages and she has received a number of awards, including 
Montana’s Literature Prize, the Aarestrup Medal, the Beatrice Prize 
and the Danish Arts Foundation's Lifetime Honorary Grant. She is also
a member of the Danish Academy. She lives in Copenhagen.

Contact → mettemoestrup@mail.dk

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Dripping Matter


Dripping Matter – Sapfo’s Fragments (2021/2022)
Dripping Matter – Sapfo’s Fragments (2021/2022)
Dripping Matter – Sapfo’s Fragments (2021/2022)
                                                             

Performers: Signe Asmussen. Jaleh Negari. Ani Bigum Kampe, Julienne Doko, Kai Merke, Olivia Riviere, Lisen Pousette 
and Klara Jensen De Lopez. Costumes and styling: Puer Parasitus.



DRIPPING MATTER – SAPPHOS FRAGMENTS was an opera performance staged at Glyptoteket as part of Copenhagen Opera Festival in 2021 and CPH Stage in 2022. Mette Moestrup's adaptation of Sappho’s fragments is brought to life through Matilde Böcher’s compositions and Jules Fischer’s choreography in this contemporary Sapphic tribute to lesbian love and queer communities.



Peace Poem for Many People




PEACE POEM FOR MANY PEOPLE is a collective peace poem based on the Peace of Westphalia treaties of 1648. Created for the project Westfailure at Burg Hüllshof, Center for Literature, Germany, 2021. Concept and text by Mette Moestrup, graphic design and programming by Tea Palmelund. Click on the link to add to the poem.




The Phantom Potato Homeland Show


The Phantom Potato Homeland Show (2021)



THE PHANTOM POTATO HOMELAND SHOW is the most unusual cooking show you'll ever see. A homeland-critical examination of the potato as a symbol. Poem and potato performance by Mette Moestrup, sound collage by Angolan artist Nástio Mosquito. Developed in collaboration between Mosquito and Moestrup, the video was filmed by Patricia Bbaale Bandak. Created for the Denkfabrik project at Burg Hüllshof, Center for Literature, Germany, 2021.



Green Notes


Green Notes (2020)


GREEN NOTES is a poemoir from the pandemic times with concept, text and vocals by Mette Moestrup and a rawlings, created for Oslo International Poetry Festival 2020. Audio by Adam Świtała, video by a rawlings.



She’s a Show





SHE'S A SHOW is an audiovisual album by the poetry and music duo SHE'S A SHOW a.k.a. Mette Moestrup and Miriam Karpantschof. The album features a number of tracks with videos by different female artists. Graphic design by Hanna Bergman. Click on the link to experience it.


White Milk from the Evil Breast



From the audiovisual album SHE'S A SHOW. Lyrics by Mette Moestrup, music by Miriam Karpantschof, vocals Moestrup and Karpantshof. Video by Ivalo Frank.


My Uniform’s Too Short



From the audiovisual album SHE'S A SHOW. Lyrics by Mette Moestrup, music by Miriam Karpantschof, vocals Moestrup and Karpantshof. Video by Kajsa Gullberg.