A talk about bodies, expression and agency in the music industry—followed by a screening of the documentary »Nobody’s Angel.«
What happens when a body refuses to behave?
In the music industry, the body is never just a body. It is looked at, judged, celebrated, sexualised, racialised and constantly measured against ideas about how a performer should look, move, sound and behave. Some bodies are given space on stage, while others are told—explicitly or implicitly—to take up less of it.
The exhibition »The Sound of Courage—Music and Equality in the Nordic Countries«, currently on display at the Felleshus, brings together portraits and stories of 23 women and gender-diverse artists from across the Nordic countries. Their experiences reveal how gendered and racial discrimination can shape a career in music—and how artists have repeatedly pushed back against the limits placed on their bodies, voices and identities.
But what does it mean to disobey? Where does the impulse to rebel come from? And what happens when self-expression becomes a way of claiming agency?
Join us for a conversation with curator and art historian Marie Arleth Skov about her exhibition »UNRULY—The Body in Punk« at ARoS, Aarhus (Denmark), followed by a screening of the music documentary »Nobody’s Angel« (2025).
Together, the talk and film invite us to look at the relationship between bodies, performance and power — and to ask how much has really changed in the music industry, and what it still takes to be heard on your own terms.
Programm
17:30_Doors open
18:00_Welcome and talk with Marie Arleth Skov
18:40_Screening of Nobody’s Angel (DK, 2025) — 1h 40 min
20:20_Reflections
20:30_Drinks, get-together and opportunity to see the exhibition
About Marie Arleth Skov
Dr. Marie Arleth Skov is a Danish art historian, curator, and writer, who has been living in Berlin since 1999. She is the chairwoman of the Punk Scholars Network in Germany. Her book »Punk Art History: Artworks from the European No Future Generation« is published with Intellect Books (2023). She has curated several exhibitions, most recently »UNRULY. The Body in Punk« at ARoS Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. The accompanying catalogue is published by Marrow Press (2026).
About »Nobody’s Angel«
In the late 70s, five female friends snuck out of the shadow of the punk movement to form their own band. They wanted to play rock just like the men, and they wanted to be seen and heard — and they wanted to conquer the world. First as the punk/indie band Clinic Q, and then as the pop/rock band Miss B. Haven.
»Nobody’s Angel« is the story of a wild time in rock history when men still filled the world’s stages, but where a handful of strong-willed women shared the courage to break the male monopoly and become a world-class rock band.
Directed by Torben Skjødt Jensen and produced by Henrik Laier, the film premiered at CPH:DOX in 2025.
Foto Marie Arleth Skov: AroS / Mads Smidstrup
Foto Miss B. Haven: Promo