PERSONA by ANE LAN will be performed at the Defilibrator Performance Gallery in Chicago Sunday June 10 at 7pm. It is a part of the RAPID PULSE International Performance Festival.
PERSONA:
Presented in a White Cube Gallery space, PERSONA takes form as a occult ritual, investigating the worshiping of personality in contemporary media Industry though the diffuse concept: stage charisma. A female dancer goes through different emotional and psychological stages revealing a complex relationship to the audience and her 6 male accompanies. PERSONA invites to a contemporary reading of Freuds Narcissism complex through references to early 20th century feminist performance strategies by women artists as Valerie de Saint-Point, Mary Wigman, Vera Fokina and others, and the exploration of the psyche in the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film PERSONA.
PERSONA is featuring: Beata Kretovicova Iden
ANE LAN:
The performance comany ANE LAN is exploring contemporary concept of live art and aliveness in the face of a culture dominated by an all-embracing commercial entertainment industry (referring to the theories of Guy Debord, Jean Baudrillard and Dany Robert Dufort). Through different media as live performances, music, video/film and photography, ANE LAN and his collaborators investigate the domestic and personal condition of history, creating portraits of silence, of extraneousness, of incongruity, but also icy political verdicts.
www.anelan.com
About the gallery:
http://www.dfbrl8r.org
curator: Joseph Ravens
PERSONA is produced by DADA-prod, co-produced by BIT-teatergarasjen, SANTARCANGELO dei Teatri and Defilibrator Gallery.
Supported by The Norwegian Arts Council, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond and The Royal Norwegian Foreign Affairs
Artistic direction & art work:
Ane Lan
Photography :
Ane Lan
Music and text:
Ane Lan
Costumes and Scenography:
Ane Lan & Synnøve Mo