a rendition of stifled ghost-spells
By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/nu"
title="n:u (melissandre varin)"
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n:u (melissandre varin)
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2023
image credit: Cathy Wade, a rendition of stifled ghost-spells, Passionate Pilgrim by Melati Suryodarmo curated by Melanie Pocock, IKON Gallery (UK), 2024
- Sculpture
- Live Art
- Installation Art
- Spiritual & Philosophical
- Global Perspectives & Multiculturalism
- Abstract & Conceptual
- Participatory & Collaborative
- Heritage & Archives
- Urban Dynamics & Public Realm
- Socioeconomic Structures & Consumerism
- Violence
- Ghost
- Melasses
- Synthetic
- Hair
- White Walls
Dimensions
3h20
duration: 3 hour 20
material: black synthetic hair, molasses, a stainless steel container, black corrugated floor protection, white vinegar, M.I/L?K!, white walls
Commissioned by IKON Gallery and Vivid Projects
In a rendition of stifled ghost-spells, melissandre plays with the (im)possibility to conjure and exorcise inter-generational trauma with small gestures. Approaching the moment as an ana-choreography composed with crumbling building blocks. The performance might emerge as an over-scritpted improvisation of Blackness.
image credit: Cathy Wade, a rendition of stifled ghost-spells, Passionate Pilgrim by Melati Suryodarmo curated by Melanie Pocock, IKON Gallery (UK), 2024
image credit: Cathy Wade, a rendition of stifled ghost-spells, Passionate Pilgrim by Melati Suryodarmo curated by Melanie Pocock, IKON Gallery (UK), 2024
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