Le Mouvement –
Performing the City
August 26–31, 2014
Biel/Bienne
Switzerland
Curated by Gianni Jetzer and Chris Sharp
With street performances and time-based sculptures by luciana achugar, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Nina Beier, Pablo Bronstein, Trisha Brown, Eglè Budvytytè, Willi Dorner, Douglas Dunn, Simone Forti, Alicia Frankovich, Maria Hassabi, San Keller, Köppl/Začek, Jiří Kovanda, Germaine Kruip, Liz Magic Laser, Myriam Lefkowitz, Jérôme Leuba, Ieva Misevičiūtè, Alexandra Pirici, Prinz Gholam, and Lin Yilin
Le Mouvement is a multipart exhibition which investigates the nature of sculpture and public space by hosting multiple performances in the town of Biel/Bienne. The show touches upon a variety of inter-related topics and issues, which include the nature and uses of public space; art in public space; the individual and shared body in public space, both static and in movement; and the relationship between the fleeting materiality of the body and the more permanent materiality of sculpture.
Museum exhibition in parallel:
Movement III – The City Performed
August 30 (opening: 5pm) to November 2
Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, Seevorstadt 71, Biel/Bienne
Vito Acconci, Francis Alÿs, Ulla von Brandenburg, Pablo Bronstein, Stanley Brouwn, Trisha Brown, Paulo Bruscky, Martin Creed, Felipe Ehrenberg, VALIE EXPORT, Dara Friedman, Gelitin, Tomislav Gotovac, Alberto Greco, Anna Halprin, Maria Hassabi, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Sanja Iveković, Christian Jankowski, Jiří Kovanda, Liz Magic Laser, Klara Lidén, Marko Lulić, Babette Mangolte, Rachel Mason, Dave McKenzie, Dieter Meier, Ocaña, Neša Paripović, Ewa Partum, Alexandra Pirici, Miervaldis Polis, Kim Sooja, Mladen Stilinović, Beat Streuli, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Ai Weiwei
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Press contact
Patrick Steffen, patrick.steffen [at] ess-spa.ch
Swiss Sculpture Exhibition ESS-SPA
The 12th edition of the Swiss Sculpture Exhibition in 2014, curated by Gianni Jetzer and Chris Sharp, continues the innovative spirit of the format by offering the most radical edition yet. True to its provocative legacy of 60 years, Le Mouvement will challenge the very definition of public art by creating no sculpture at all. The 12th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition in Biel/Bienne will be solely dedicated to performance.
