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Open Exhibition Catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n

In this exhibition, artists Aneta Grzeszykowska, Colette Sadler and VARNA reflect on aspects of corporeality, artificiality, and the human body as a harbinger and carrier of knowledge. Deconstruction of identity, physical memory and reclaiming of embodied practices are themes running through the exhibition in reflections on the intricate accumulative knowledge present the human body and its relation to the self, historicity and the spiritual. Within the space we navigate fragmented reminiscences of archaic, present and future archaeologies of being.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curated by: <\/span><\/b>Arnbj\u00f6rg Mar\u00eda\u202fDanielsen (IS)<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of the collaborative project:<\/span> Goethe Morph* Iceland, how we always wanted to have lived, <\/span><\/i>with the Goethe Institute<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n

MODEL<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>2017
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Six framed photographs, digital print, 100<\/span><\/span> X<\/span> 140<\/span> cm<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nANETA GRZESYKOWSKA (PL)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In this series of large-format photographs, the artist brings her double to life. The effigy manufactured by a specialist firm is a faithful copy of her head and torso on a 1:1 scale. Grzeszykowska documents the process of applying makeup, eyelashes and eyebrows, and the framing and reduced distance create the illusion of confronting a real person.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The intimate character of these portraits and the natural lighting allude to the tradition of painterly representation. At the same time, the series is a further transgression of self-portrait conventions and another attempt by Grzeszykowska to liberate herself from her own body \u2014 symbolically dividing identity from its physical medium. Alluding to her earlier photo series, the artist probes the creative possibilities of this medium. Here photography is used in an exceptionally suggestive manner to create artificial life, a person who lives only in pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Courtesy of the artist and Raster Gallery Warsaw.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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ARK 1 \u2013 <\/i><\/strong>Towards a Future Archeology<\/span><\/span>, 2021
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Performance\/installation, mixed media<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>COLETTE SADLER (DE\/UK)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

ARK 1 explores the precarious futures of human culture amid the life-altering interventions of artificial intelligence and ecological crisis. Expanding upon the original video and performance installation premiered at Tanz Im August International Dance Festival Berlin 2021, this exhibition proposes an archaeology of the future that questions: how will the history of humanity be archived, remembered, and technologically retrieved in the aftermath of coming catastrophes?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After eons had passed, ARK 1 was finally detected by an intelligent life form that salvaged an assemblage of deteriorating data from the ancient ship. With no knowledge of life on Earth, they created a cosmic archeological record of Earth\u2019s post-human remains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set in the future, a fictitious bio-technology corporation VESSELS INC created the spaceship \u201cARK 1\u201d to preserve the distant memory of human life. As Earth\u2019s resource depletion and degraded ecosystems threatened human extinction, VESSELS INC launched ARK 1 into deep space equipped with the technology for sustaining artificial life. Onboard, an algorithm digitally reconstructed the dancer Leah Marojevic to preserve the muscle memory of human experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After eons had passed, ARK 1 was finally detected by an intelligent life form that salvaged an assemblage of deteriorating data from the ancient ship. With no knowledge of life on Earth, they created a cosmic archeological record of Earth\u2019s post-human remains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Credits:
\nPresented in the context of Goethe Morph* Iceland, with the support of the Goethe-Institut and Nordic House Reykjavik. Alongside the original performance and video installation, this new exhibition commissioned for Goethe Morph Iceland contains visual arts works made by Sadler and in collaboration with artists Mikko Gaestel and Valentin Hertweck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition design by Valentin Herweck.<\/p>\n

Performance Credits:
\nArtistic Direction, Video and Choreography: Colette Sadler
\nVideo Design, direction and installation: Mikko Gaestel
\nPerformance: Leah Marojevic
\n3D Animation and design: Alexander Pannier
\nText: Colette Sadler in collaboration with an Artificial Intelligence GPT-2
\nDramaturgical Support: Alan McKendrick
\nCostume design: Colette Sadler \/Theo Clinkard
\nSound:Samir Kennedy, Mikko Gaestel & Heiko Tubbesing
\nVideo voice over by Alicia Matthews<\/p>\n

Funded by: Nationale Performance Netz \u201cStepping Out\u201c Fund, funded by the federal Goverment Comissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative \u201cNeu Stadt Kultur\u201dAssistance Program for Dance with additional investment from CREATIVE SCOTLAND open fund. Re-sidencies supported by The Work Room Glasgow,Tanzhaus NRW and Fabrik Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\n

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OQILIALLANNEQ \/ RELIEF, 2022
\n<\/i><\/strong>Video-installation, 17 min<\/i>
\nVARNA (GL)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The work OQILIALLANNEQ \/ RELIEF by\u00a0 Greenlandic artist VARNA is a multi-layered examination of the complexities of reconciling an internal lived process of restoring spiritual Inuit practices after colonial oppression with a reality of still ongoing systemic repression. Within a lucid dreamscape the work juxtapositions personal and historical fragments of sounds with imagery that toils with stereotypical notions of Inuit identity in exaggerated form, drawing on the metamorphic aesthetics and character of East Greenlandic mask dancing:\u00a0 A form of entertainment traditionally intended to stir up feelings of instability and\u00a0 uncontrolled emotions\u00a0 of uncertainty, fear, embarrassment or euphoric joy in the receiving audience. This was practiced in order to come to terms with one\u2019s emotional weaknesses, a crucial skill for surviving in the extreme Arctic environment .
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\nThe museal visual setting of the work is a projection into a dystopian ambivalent time where the stagnated western institutional modes of preserving intangible culture has rendered the living spiritual practice of Greenlandic drum dancing as mere objects and relics of the past. Fossilized in artificial stagnation. In contrast to the visual world the sound world of the work offers a living physical dimension of reconnection with the fluid and intuitive ancestral heritage. Where the body and drum become a unified open channel of relief.<\/p>\n

Credits:
\n<\/span><\/span>VARNA, drum, vocals, concept
\nSalka Valsdottir, sound design and production
\nArnbj\u00f6rg Mar\u00eda Danielsen, video direction
\nAnders Berthelsen, cinematography
\nBlair Alexander, video editor
\nHenrik Suersaq, costume design
\nKatinnguaq Heilam Jensen, makeup
\nNini Karo Aviaaja Kleist, hair
\nIvana Sakariassen Knudsen, camera assistant<\/p>\n

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SCHEDULE
\n<\/strong>
\n10th september
\nOPENING
\nArt Exhibition
\nLocation: Hvelfing
\nTime: 18:00<\/p>\n

Opening Performance
\nARK 1 \u2013 Colette Sadler: 18:30 & 19:30<\/p>\n

11th September
\nGROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE
\nOpen from 10\u201317<\/p>\n

Performances
\nARK 1 \u2013 Colette Sadler: 15:00 & 16:00<\/p>\n

12th September \u2013 18th December 2022
\nGROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE
\nOpen 10\u201317<\/p>\n

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Coverphoto from the series Model by Aneta Grzeszykowska<\/em><\/h6>\n

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