HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, is showing a retrospective of seven pieces by artist and choreographer Ligia Lewis from November 15 to 19.
Troubling the stage and the body as places of stable representation, Ligia Lewis invites frictions and ruptures into her creative process. Lewis’ performance trilogy “BLUE, RED, WHITE” which HAU presents for the first time en bloc includes “Sorrow Swag” (2014), performed in a saturated blue, “minor matter” (2016), a poetic work illuminated in red, and “Water Will (in Melody)” (2018), a gothic tale set in black and white. “Still Not Still” (2021) evokes a poetic theatrical language against abysmal humour and surrealistic imagery. “A Plot / A Scandal” (2022) points to the scandal of property as understood in racial capitalism. Beyond these performances, HAU will also present the video work “deader than dead” (2020), the sound installation “Complaint, A Lyric” (2023), an artist talk, and a party at CAN.
On view at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin from November 15th through November 19th.
Ligia Lewis, Minor Matter. Performance Space New York. New York, N.Y. May 21, 2019. Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.
Ligia Lewis, Minor Matter. Performance Space New York. New York, N.Y. May 21, 2019. Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.
Ligia Lewis, Minor Matter. Performance Space New York. New York, N.Y. May 21, 2019. Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.
Ligia Lewis, Minor Matter. Performance Space New York. New York, N.Y. May 21, 2019. Photo Credit: Martha Glenn.
Ligia Lewis, Minor Matter. Performance Space New York. New York, N.Y. May 21, 2019. Photo Credit: Dorothea Tuch.
Ligia Lewis, Minor Matter. Performance Space New York. New York, N.Y. May 21, 2019. Photo Credit: Martha Glenn.
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