White Out

2024
, 50 min

The performance iteration of White Out consists of a solo dancer and a mirror museum-style bench. The dancer takes a seat and gazes at her audience. A routine begins; shuffling themselve from one place of pause to the next, materializing uncomfortable and even contorted positions.  Twists and turns occur on top, underneath and around the bench, finding an entangled body on a seemingly endless loop.  A quest for rest, for a place to be, to become, to breathe.

Sound design: Stavros Gasparatos and Maria Hassabi
Clothing: Victoria Bartlett

DATES

2025

• Body and Building, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany (March 28, 29, 2025)

2024

• IMMA – Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (Installation: as part of the exhibition “Take a Breath”: 14 Jun 2024 – 30 March 2025)
• IMMA – Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (Performances: 27-28 June 2024)
• The Torringhton Project by Tom Burr, Connecticut, US (Performance: October 26, 2024)
LAC – Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano, Switzerland (Performance: June 15, 2024)
• Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy (Performance: April 12, 2024)

2023

• Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai 2023, Chiang Rai, Thailand (Installation: December 9 2023- 30 April 2024)
• Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai 2023, Chiang Rai, Thailand (Performances: December 9-11 2023)

CREDITS

White Out, is originally a live installation, created for Hassabi’s solo exhibition at Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, titled I’ll Be Your Mirror, 2023.