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Lick (Leccata)

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posted on 2024-09-04, 05:24 authored by Kate HunterKate Hunter, Luigi VescioLuigi Vescio, Katie LeeKatie Lee, Annette Wagner
Lick (Leccata)

History

Start date

2024-04-05

End date

2024-11-24

Notes

Venetian Bind is a place-responsive public art project unfolding iteratively over the six months of Personal Structures. This initiative deploys a variety of novel methods using art in subtle, activist and collaborative ways in public space to explore ideas around the commons, public health and climate responsive environments. The artworks in this space are produced in response to six binds, rituals and workshops, devised and selected by the curators, that collectively explore the tensions between the efficacy of place-responsive and gallery-based practices in contemporary art. Unfolding a methodology of four parts, this project seeks to employ emergent curatorial thinking in temporary public artwork to mesh experimental art making with the accumulation of new skills, straddling technique, participatory engagement and a deeper understanding of environment and its assorted transitions. These four modes - ritual, encounter, provocation (or bind) and workshop - offer, this exhibition suggests, a composite method whereby the artist can be simultaneously provocateur, collaborator, student and maker of place-responsive experiences. Venice in these terms becomes a dynamic laboratory of communities, histories and technologies, rather than operating in its default setting as an exotic backdrop to display artwork.

Research statement

Background How might traditional site-specific art practices be challenged by integrating performance methodologies with sensory exploration? Site-specific performance is a practice in which concepts, approaches and materials develop in immediate response to an environment. Research which examines integration of embodied gestures that respond to place, culture and people, is still emerging. This collaborative interdisciplinary research project is an innovative engagement within Venice as a transitional and performative space, such that embodied and sensory practices become ‘an enacted Third space where a culture’s hybridity is articulated’ (Pearson & Shanks, 2019, 28) Contribution ‘Lick’ is a 4 minute film of performative interactions, a wax tongue sculpture and layered audio composition. ‘Lick’ speaks to Venice’s rich cultural context, often obscured by spectacle, and a discord between global expectations and local needs and resources. It highlights the value of Venice’s complex history, environmental challenges and unique urban fabric. By focusing on 'licking' as a performative gesture, the work investigates how sensory interactions can reveal and critique layers of embodied knowledge within a site-specific context, contributing to broader discourse on sensory engagement and performativity in site-specific art and built environments Significance ‘Lick’s examination of the performative city offers new insights into the ways visiting artists can deepen understanding of place and community. Selected for inclusion in the Venice Art Biennale through the Venetian Bind exhibition at the European Cultural Centre, this project was programmed via a competitive EOI process with international curatorial panel. The scale and complexity of the work exemplify the research’s scope and ambition, and its inclusion in a high-profile international exhibition, attended by over 500,000 people over 6 months, underscores its significance in reconceptualising the artist’s role in engaging with complex cultural landscapes.

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Editor/Contributor(s)

Benotto Awai G

Event

'Venetian Bind', part of 'Personal Structures' exhibition at European Cultural Centre, Venice Biennale

Publisher

European Cultural Centre, Venice Biennale

Place of publication

European Cultural Centre, Venice

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    collaborative artdanceembodied dramaturgyembodied practicegestureinterdisciplinary artperformanceperformance artperformance interventionssite specific practicetheatrevisual arts360403 Drama, theatre and performance studies360402 Dance and dance studies360603 Performance art360699 Visual arts not elsewhere classified

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