SOMA Luisa Eugeni and Mattia Bonafini   16.03. – 30.05.2021

SOMA. Luisa Eugeni and Mattia Bonafini

Karin Hollweg-Preis Winner

With live performances by Gabrio Gabrielli, Anna Jäger and Antonio Stella

Since 2019, performance and video artist Luisa Eugeni (b. 1987) and composer and musician Mattia Bonafini (b. 1980) have been collaborating as the Sineumbra Collective to create cross-disciplinary projects in the form of multimedia installations containing video projections, music and performative elements. The first work of this Italian duo, who live in Germany, was created in 2019 for the masterclass student exhibition at the University of the Arts in Bremen and received the renowned Karin Hollweg Preis für Freie Kunst. Eugeni and Bonafini have developed a new project for the Kunsthalle Bremen titled SOMA to be presented in an extensive multimedia exhibition. It is the artist duo’s first solo exhibition.

In this work, Sineumbra traces the disappearance of Italian culture and traditions, which has been attributed to larger social changes as well as natural disasters, and the resulting changes in the character of people, places and landscapes. Following a collective dynamic work ethic, select stakeholders from the areas of philosophy, literature, politics, performance, and dance have been included into the artistic process.

During the exhibition, performances by the dancers Anna Jäger, Antonio Stella and Gabrio Gabrielli will liven up the installation. By appealing to all senses, this poetic exhibition invites visitors to explore issues dealing with collective uncertainty and trauma.

Performances in the exhibition: Sat, 22.05. & Sun, 23.05.2021 as well as Sat 29.05. & Sun 30.05.2021, each from 1.30-2.15 pm, from 3-3.50 pm and from 4.30-5.15 pm


A catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition:
“Sineumbra. SOMA“, edited by Eva Fischer-Hausdorf, with contributions by Ernest Ah, Eva Fischer-Hausdorf, Radek Krolczyk, Giulia Scandolara, Mona Schieren, Dominik Schindler. Design: Cabinet Gold van d'Vlies, installation views and photographic documentation of the performances: Tobias Hübel
96 pages with ca 120 colour illustrations, 20 x 25 cm, softcover with half-covered spiral binding, texts in German, English, Italian, DCV (www.dcv-books.com), 18 Euro, ISBN 978-3-96912-022-4

 

SOMA is a project by the Sineumbra Collective.
sineumbra.org

 

(Fig. above & exhibitions overview: Video still of SOMA, © Luisa Eugeni 2020)

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