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Venue:
gfzk - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Karl–Tauchnitz–Str. 9-11
04107 Leipzig
gfzk.de

The exhibition begins on April 12th with a sound piece, after which various performances by four different artists take place and activate the exhibition space. Each performance leaves its traces in the room, which can be revisited during the exhibition period. Space thus becomes not only a stage on which performances take place in the present, but also an archive for those that have taken place in the past. The exhibition shows artists who deal with language and power relations, body and voice, the role of the author, translations, and the relationship between art, viewer, mediator and space.
Through various artistic positions, the exhibition asks questions such as: How do we speak or listen? What role does the author play in giving meaning to a text? How is the information interpreted? What information gets lost, if we do not understand the language? And what role does the viewer play?
The exhibition is both an analysis and a reflection of these questions and aims to explore the role of performance art as a means of activating language in exhibitions.

Performances by: ieke Trinks (NL), John Seung-Hwan Lee (KR), Katharina Zimmerhackl (DE), Achim Lengerer (DE). Sound piece: made in collaboration with artist Vincent Chomaz (FR).
Voice: Amani Gonzo
Curated by: Sarie Nijboer

The project is realized in cooperation with the GfZK within the framework of the study program Cultures of the Curatorial (HGB).

Program (detailed info below):

17.04. … 14:00–19:00h
ieke Trinks
Performance: I Enter A Room (Performance Monologues)

04.05. … 16:00h
John Seung-Hwan Lee
Performance: Conjugative Literacy

05.05. … 16:00h
Katharina Zimmerhackl
Performance: Schwebstoffe

08.05. … 17:30h
Achim Lengerer
Performance: Scriptings#26 Voix-off