If I Can´t Dance, I Don´t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution III

sala rekalde and If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution present Edition III – Masquerade. The second episode of this long-term project includes a presentation in the Abstract Cabinet of sala rekalde, on show until the 19th of April, and a programme of performances on the 12th and the 13th of March.

Edition III - Masquerade is initiated and organised by the rolling curatorial platform If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution. Departing from the explorations of Edition I – Theatricality (2005) and Edition II – Feminist Legacies and Potentials In Contemporary Art Practice (2006-2007), the current edition looks at how we behave in the 'common sense' of our time and how cultural conditions are inscribed in and on the body. By choosing the language of performing as constitutive of the self (rather than masking an essence), the project's aim is to effect a shift in the way we imagine ourselves.

Inspired by the notion of inclusiveness central to feminist endeavour, Edition III – Masquerade is a collaborative venture. The artists Keren Cytter, Jon Mikel Euba, Olivier Foulon, Suchan Kinoshita, Joachim Koester and Sarah Pierce are invited to produce ambitious new works over a period of two years. These developing works are staged and shared with the public at each of the various phases of their development at the partner-institutions. After the prologue at Overgaden (Copenhagen) and the first episode at de Appel arts centre (Amsterdam), the current, second episode takes place at Sala Rekalde (Bilbao). In spring, Project arts centre (Dublin) will account of the third episode, followed by the fourth and final episode in the Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven) in the winter of 2009/2010.

The programme of performances includes different approaches to the live moment, the addressing of the audience and negotiating the notion of site. Jon Mikel Euba will work with students from the University of the Basque Country and other young artists from Bilbao on a ten-day lock-in experiment. Suchan Kinoshita will develop a performance for attending visitors that considers the performative nature of the art space. Keren Cytter will present a theatrical performance on changing roles and modes of sexual assignation. Sarah Pierce will research the potential and agency of a gathering, while Joachim Koester focuses on the gestures of the individual. Olivier Foulon will narrate a story of painting and the models and masks it produces. The exhibition in the Abstract Cabinet of sala rekalde will elaborate on each of these individual projects-in-development, including works in progress, documentation of previous stages, sources and related printed matter.

Edition III – Masquerade is generously supported by the Mondriaan Foundation, the European Union (Culture Programme 2007-2013), the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, SNS Reaalfonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Danish Arts Council and SEACEX, Sociedad Estatal para la Accion Cultural Exterior.

Exhibition Until 19 April 2009 Keren Cytter, Jon Mikel Euba, Olivier Foulon, Suchan Kinoshita, Joachim Koester, Sarah Pierce. Works in progress, documentation, notes, sources, sketches… . Abstract Cabinet, sala rekalde

Performance Programme

23-27 February, 2-6 March

Jon Mikel Euba, Re: Writing Re: Horse Lock-in

Thursday, 12 March

6 p.m Keren Cytter, Performer/Audience/Mirror performance Centro Cívico San Francisco

7 p.m Olivier Foulon, The Soliloquy of the Broom lecture performance Abstract Cabinet, sala rekalde

8 p.m Sarah Pierce, We won't fade away introduction to the project Chronique d'un Été by Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin, 1961 screening (original French version with Spanish subtitles) in collaboration with the French Consulate in Bilbao Abstract Cabinet, sala rekalde

Ongoing Suchan Kinoshita, Choreographies of detours. Public IV with special skills Main Gallery and Abstract Cabinet, sala rekalde

Friday 13 March

7 p.m Keren Cytter, Performer/Audience/Mirror performance Centro Cívico San Francisco

8 p.m Joachim Koester, Numerous worlds under narrow bridge introduction to the project Abstract Cabinet, sala rekalde

Ongoing Suchan Kinoshita, Choreographies of detours. Public IV with special skills Main Gallery and Abstract Cabinet, sala rekalde

11 p.m Soytomboi in collaboration with Savage Girl, Soytomboi wall action Location to be announced

Reading Group

Last January 2009, sala rekalde has initiated a reading group that operates parallel to and in exchange with If I Can't Dance…'s reading group in Amsterdam. The gatherings are on a monthly basis and are co-ordinated by Aimar Arriola. Please visit the website of sala rekalde for texts and dates.

Visiting Information

The programme is free of charge. Due to limited seats, reservation is recommended. Bookings through salarekalde@bizkaia.net. The language in the performance of Keren Cytter is Spanish. The presentations are in English and will be simultaneously translated into Spanish. For more information please visit http://www.salarekalde.bizkaia.net or http://www.ificantdance.org Please note that the programme can be subject to change. Please check the aforementioned sites for the latest updates.

If I Can´t Dance, I Don´t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution 
Edition III – Masquerade. Episode 2

Performance programme:
12 & 13 March 2009

Kuratoren: Frederique Bergholtz, Annie Fletcher

Künstler: Keren Cytter, Jon Mikel Euba, Olivier Foulon, Suchan Kinoshita, Joachim Koester, Sarah Pierce