About this Event
Lavender,Hibernation and Neon unpacks the subversive power of passivity and vulnerability inherent in sleep and the dream in this restless 24/7 post-pandemic era. Predominantly from feminine perspectives, this curatorial research project features the reenacted and new iteration of commissioned works, including video and sound installations, soft sculptures and durational performances by five women artists: Mia Isabel Edelgart, Yoojin Lee, Matilda Tjäder, Silke Weißbach and Yui Yamamoto.
The durations of each work incorporate the experiences of fatigue bodies and prompt an interruption against the poisonous social environment, spectatorship, and the pressures of productivity in the reflection to the re-accelerating world, as well as emancipates the transformational power of dream. Lavender, Hibernation and Neon invites the audience not only to experience the dilation of sleep and dream time through the time-based media work, but also investigates how the power dynamic of passive and active bodies between artists and viewers is embodied in the gallery in response to the wrestle of rest and productivity.
Lavender, Hibernation and Neon
Mia Isabel Edelgart, Matilda Tjäder, Silke Weißbach, Yoojin Lee, Yui Yamamoto
Curated by Yueh-Ning Lee
Private View | Friday 5th April 6-9pm
On view| 05.04.2024 – 08.04.2024
Saturday 12-8pm, Sunday – Monday 12-6pm
Performances at opening:
6.30pm－9.00pm: Welcome to My Restless Night by Yui Yamamoto
In the corner of the Crypt Gallery, Yui Yamamoto welcomes visitors to immerse themselves in her psychological and physical experience of a restless night. Driven by high pressure, stress, anxiety, and an uncertainty towards future, Yamamoto undergoes insomnia before delving into the physical aspects. The project on sleep began during the COVID-19 pandemic when Yamamoto's sleeping patterns deteriorated. Those chaotic insomniac nights transform into the video performance 'My Strange Wish to be Worm', delving into the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep known as Hypnagogia. In this live performance "Welcome to My Restless Night" as a new iteration of “My Strange Wish to be Worm” the artist will be affected by physical and sensory interruptions caused by the visitors, creating an experimental and unexpected live narrative.
7.00pm: Low Time by Yoojin Lee
Low Time is a new performative reading created by Yoojin Lee, set against the mechanical rhythm of the Shepherd Gate Clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, which is known as the first clock to continuously display and distribute Greenwich Mean Time. With its link to commerce, transport and communication, the standardisation of time through GMT connects the harnessing of time to enlightenment and productivity. In Low Time, the ticking of the clock time is stretched, amplifying a different texture and its intensity present within the structure of rigid regularity. A low voice reads out fleeting notes, thoughts and questions around experiences of time and her position in a 24/7 world. Going low against the mechanisation, rationalisation and standardisation of bodies, desires and time.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Crypt Gallery, 165 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00