Performance by Alexis Blake, 'Anthology of Anger' at Castrum Peregrini (2017) 11 Feb 2018
16:00 - 17:30
Performance: Alexis Blake - Anthology of Anger
LOCATION: Artist studio Alexis Blake, Mauritskade 61, 1092 AD Amsterdam ENTRY: Free, but sign up via reserveren@framerframed.nl
Anger is present. It is palpable in the streets, among the crowds, in exchanges; it is the driving force that is pushing one into action. It is an emotion that still carries taboos and stigmas regarding gender, class and race. Anger is convoluted and expressed through or suppressed by psychological, physical, cultural and socio-political factors.
On the occasion of the exhibition Some Things Hidden at Framer Framed (on show from 19 January – 11 March 2018), artist Alexis Blake presents the first phase of her new performance, Anthology of Anger, which explores how culture, history and DNA influence one’s expression or suppression of anger and empathy, verses the body’s authentic movements of these emotions.
This iteration of the performance will take place in the artist’s studio (Mauritskade 61, Amsterdam) on Sunday 11 February at 4 PM. The performance connects to the work Research drawings for Anthology of Anger (2017-ongoing), which is shown in Some Things Hidden at Framer Framed.
What do our intuitive movements say about the knowledge we store in our bodies? How do we postulate using our limbs? Is my anger my own, or is it inherited? Through the performance Blake collectively examines the relationship between ‘prescribed’ anger and empathy and their intuitive expression. By embodying these emotions and expressing them physically, as opposed to verbally, she attempts to free the more sensory and intuitive aspects of our behaviour.
Performers: Mami Izumi, Marika Meoli and Alexis Blake
Anthology of Anger was also performed during the first part of exhibition Some Things Hidden, which was on show at Castrum Peregrini in November 2017, during Amsterdam Art Weekend.
Program:
16:00: doors open
16:15: intro + start performance
17:00: drinks
Alexis Blake has a multidisciplinary practice that coalesces fine art, movement and performance. She investigates the way in which the body is represented and treated as an archive, which she then critically examines, disrupts and re-negotiates.
The group exhibition Some Things Hidden is a collaboration with Castrum Peregrini, curated by Charlott Markus and Nina Folkersma. Some Things Hidden deals with hiding and the hidden, and the politics of (in)visibility. The exhibition opened on 18 January and is on show til 11 March, 2018. Read more.
LOCATION
Please note: this performance does not take place at Framer Framed, but at the artist’s own studio.
Address:
Mauritskade 61, 1092 AD Amsterdam
Performance /
Exhibitions
Exhibition: Some Things Hidden
In collaboration with Castrum Peregrini, curated by Nina Folkersma and Charlott Markus
Network
Nina Folkersma
Curator and art critic
Charlott Markus
Artist
