Playground 2018
Grace Schwindt
Installation & activation
Grace Schwindt plaatst in de collectiezalen van M een reeks opmerkelijke sculpturen en een video-installatie. De sculpturen maakten eerder deel uit van vorige performances of theatervoorstellingen. Schwindt onderzoekt in haar werk hoe we naar ons eigen lichaam kijken en welke conventies er heersen in verschillende media als ze het lichaam in beeld brengen. Een acrobaat en een zanger activeren tijdens het festival een deel van de sculpturen met zang en beweging.
Eleni Kamma
Re-M-ommegang
The Head of Megera is an enigmatic medieval sculpture in the M Collection. This giantess was part of the famous medieval processions in Leuven. For Playground, she is being activated during a walk. The character will dialogue with both the old pieces in the collection and with visitors in the here and now. Re-M-Ommegang (Re-M-Parade) explores the relationships between public life and art and between comedy and critique, based on medieval folk heroes, satire, and caricature.
Naufus Ramírez
Performance
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa (1978, Guatemala) creates dreamlike scenes that build on references to literature, folklore, magic and childhood memories. His performances use sculpture to transfigure everyday images and objects into symbolic tableaux that engage with fantasy and allegory. His work is both playfull and alluding to tragic or traumatic events relating to the social and political climate of present-day Guatemala. Following his residency at Air in Antwerp Ramírez-Figueroa will present a new solo performance using sculpture and reference to different cultural traditions.
Laure Prouvost
The TV Mantelpiece, 2016
The work of Laure Provoust balances at the intersection between reality and fiction. By using various media (textiles, ceramics, media equipment), she transforms stories – such as one based on the lives of her own grandparents, for example – into scintillating viewing experiences. During Playground, we are presenting the installation The TV Mantelpiece, a hybrid installation that comprises a video, woven carpets, and ceramics.
Clédat & Petitpierre
Les Baigneurs, 2017
From Picasso to Leger, the “Bathers” is a subject often represented in the modern painting. This performance is an animated and amused adaptation during which a couple of big dolls with striped bathing suits, made entirely of pleated tulle, act like they are on the beach. Sunbathing, lazing about, games and others typical positions of the bathers : they act slowly near two big blue towels and a yellow ball made of tulle, like a primary and childish summoning of the sea and the sun.
Evelien Cammaert & Joris Perdieus
Grammatica
In an intriguing, serene installation, performance artist Evelien Cammaert and visual artist Joris Perdieus dissect the process of creating an artwork. They drape a composition of various coloured cloths on an empty canvas. Combined with a live projection, this creates a composition of light, colour, time, and space. Grammatica is a laboratory for the relationship between artwork, artist, and audience.
Oriol Vilanova
Borrowed Words
In Borrowed Words (2016), a collector declares his unconditional love for his collection. The collector openly admits that the collection gives him pleasure. These are sincere words that underscore the blind and sometimes even painful intensity that connects the collector and the collection. The lover talks about his artworks object by object, with plenty of humour and references to famous pop songs, as well as surrealist poetry and fiction.
Vasco Araújo
Expo & Film
Vasco Araújo’s work refers to opera, theatre, and classical literature. Relationships between characters, specific behavioural codes, and etiquette are unravelled, questioned, and reinterpreted. Running parallel with his solo exhibition at M, Playground is presenting a selection of his film works in a loop, which focus on the role of the body, the voice, and physical gestures. For example, in Duettino (2001), a man plays two roles from Mozart’s opera ‘Don Giovanni’ as a love-hate relationship with himself.
