Trine Lise Nedreaas
dal 10/5/2010 al 28/5/2010
Segnalato da
10/5/2010
Trine Lise Nedreaas
George Polke, London
Forget me not 1, 2 & 3. A sword swallower, a strong man and a competitive eater, each performing their specialist act. The artist explores the corporeal everyday of performers. In her multi-media practice, she tracks down athletes and enthusiasts, examining the extremities of their work. Rehearsal is the occupation, the practice of being a performer.
Trine Lise Nedreaas - Forget me not 1, 2 & 3
Biomechanics was an anti-realistic system of dramatic production developed in the Soviet Union in the
early 1920s by the avant-garde director Vsevolod Meyerhold. Meyerhold drew on the traditions of the
commedia dell'arte and kabuki and on the writings of Edward Gordon Craig for his system, in which the
actor's own personality was eliminated and he was entirely subordinated to the director's will.
Coached as gymnasts and acrobats, and emphasizing pantomime rather than words, the actors threw
themselves about in puppet like attitudes at the director's discretion.
"Biomechanics", Encyclopedia Britannica
A sword swallower, a strong man and a competitive eater, each performing their specialist act.
Nedreaas' explores the corporeal everyday of performers. In her multi-media practice, she tracks
down athletes and enthusiasts, examining the extremities of their work. Rehearsal is the occupation,
the practice of being a performer. Without audience and removed from the circus that usually surrounds
them the acts become both intimate and normalized, inevitable and absurd.
Trine Lise Nedreaas was born in Bergen 1972, she lives and works in Berlin. Solo exhibitions include
Vigeland Museum, Oslo 2009, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin 2009, and Luxe Gallery, New York 2006.
She has been included in group exhibitions at PS1 MOMA, New York 2006, Kunst Werke, Berlin 2006,
and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2007. Upcoming exhibitions include Stephan Stoyanov Gallery New York,
Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, and a performance at RadialSystem, New Space For The Arts, Berlin 2010.
This is the final in a series of video presentations developing themes around employment and performance,
which also included work by YVON CHABROWSKI, HENNA -RIIKKA HALONEN, LEILA HEKMAT,
and RAN HUANG. Forget me not 1, 2 & 3 will continue to the 29th of May, open every Saturday 12-6
and by appointment. Also on Saturdays at George Polke, LUMINOUS BOOKS, an artist curated bookshop.
Opening: Tuesday 11th May 6-8pm
George Polke
3.5 Frederick Terrace London E8 4EW
Hours: Saturday 12-6 and by appointment
Free admission