Mar 24, 2018

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Kunstverein Amsterdam jointly present Astrit Ismaili’s performance The New Body.
Price
Free
Location
VondelCS, Vondelpark 3, Amsterdam
Time
Mar 24, 2018, 8 pm until 8.30 pm
Main language
English
Admission
 Registration is not necessary

Inspired by the uncanny evolution of DNA editing technologies such as CRISPR, The New Body debuts a new wearable instrument designed by Ismaili that emits the sound of a chorus. Ismaili’s instrument envisions a self-sustaining organism that transcends the body’s limitations by adding science fiction-inspired accoutrements. For The New Body, Ismaili sourced human voices, which are then transformed into different soundscapes that are triggered by various movements. Ismaili’s interest in science fiction and fantasy, hermetic self-sustainability and choral multi-vocality explores notions of queer community solidarity and autonomy in times of political populism.

The New Body draws on Ismaili’s earlier experimentations with the notion of body extensions in their performance during “Prishtinë - mon amour” in Kosovo for which they constructed a body extension for transportation. A 2016 graduate of Amsterdam’s DAS Art institute, Ismaili works between the fields of visual art, theatre and pop culture. Their previous works include: UNIKAT, NEMESIS and LOVE RESEARCH. 

CREDITLINE

Performance, instrument design, music: Astrit Ismaili
Curators: Karen Archey, Maxine Kopsa
Production: Jeanette Bisschops
Costume: Flaka Jahaj
Instrument sound engineer/programmer: Jaromir Moulders
Text: Emily Kocken
Voice1: Bryna Hellman
Instrument voice: Edona Vatoci
Organization and production: LambdaLambdaLambda