Catinca Tabacaru Gallery Collective

Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape

Rachel Monosov

Curated by Catinca Tabacaru
10 February  —  2 March 2024

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov
Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, 2023
Performance documentation at /SAC

Rachel Monosov questions power structures, the meaning of freedom, and space in relation to movement in her multidisciplinary practice with a focus on the relationship between body action and stillness.

In Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape, Monosov threads together how geopolitical power struggles take shape by control of land and resources, implementing nationally or racially segregated labor, manipulating locations of ruins, transforming them into forests, and denying recognition of native land rights through legal means. The work comments on the broader notion that certain actions require a period of stillness and contemplation, even if it means letting go of existing crops and methods to pave the way for new growth of alternatives. As Mahmood Mamdani wrote, “One can be only the oppressor or the oppressed, the majority or the minority, the nation or the other.’’

Dead Earth, A Space of No Escape consists of a sculptural installation activated by performative interventions choreographed by the artist in collaboration with performers Camilla Brogaard, Rachell Bo Clark, and the opera singer Julia Shelkovskaia.

Dead Earth, A Space of No Escape is presented by Galeria Catinca Tabacaru in collaboration with /SAC and Goethe Institut Bukarest.

Performance Date & Times: Saturday, Feb 10, 2024, 6pm & 8pm
Location: /SAC Malmaison, Calea Plevnei 137C, Bucharest

/SAC at MALMAISON functions/acts as a context-space of co-productions, research and collaborative and transdisciplinary practices in the visual, performing and scenic arts and is the second /SAC space in Bucharest, the first being opened in 2018, on Berthelot 5 street. /SAC at MALMAISON is located in a context-community – the Malmaison Studios (an artistic community that includes studios and exhibition spaces, either operated by non-profit private organizations, art galleries, or artist-run-spaces) – founded during the pandemic in the Malmaison building. Located on Calea Plevnei, 137C, it has a history of almost two centuries. /SAC is a private non-profit initiative.

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Rachel Monosov chestionează structurile de putere, sensul libertății, și spațiul în raport cu mișcarea în practica sa multidisciplinară cu accent pe relația dintre acțiunea și inactiunea corpului.

În Dead Earth, A Place of No Escape (Pământ mort, un loc fără scăpare ), Monosov împletește modul în care luptele geopolitice pentru putere se concretizează prin controlul terenurilor și resurselor, instrumentalizarea muncii segregate la nivel național sau rasial, manipularea locațiilor ruinelor prin transformarea acestora în păduri și negarea recunoașterii drepturilor nativilor la pământ prin mijloace legale. Lucrarea exploreaza noțiunea mai largă a necesitătii unei perioade de liniște și contemplare pentru anumite actiuni, chiar dacă acest lucru înseamnă renunțarea la culturile și metodele existente pentru a deschide calea către creșterea alternativelor. După cum a scris Mahmood Mamdani, „Nu poți fi decât opresorul sau asupritul, majoritatea sau minoritatea, națiunea sau celălalt.”’

Dead Earth, A Space of No Escape (Pământ mort, un loc fără scăpare) constă într-o instalație sculpturală activată de intervenții performative coregrafiate de artist în colaborare cu performerii Camilla Brogaard, Rachell Bo Clark și cântăreața de operă Julia Shelkovskaia.

Dead Earth, A Space of No Escape (Pământ mort, un loc fără scăpare) este prezentat de Galeria Catinca Tabacaru în colaborare cu /SAC și Goethe Institut Bukarest

Data și ora performance-ului: Sâmbătă, 10 februarie 2024, 18:00 & 20:00