*L'origine de la mort*, Paul Maheke, 2023 © Galerie Rudolfinum, photo : Libor Galerie

Échelle Humaine
Paul Maheke L’Origine de la mort

[Échelle Humaine]

L'Origine de la mort is a reflection on different forms of interconnection, deepening Paul Maheke's interest in the possible dialogue between dance, sound and identities.

Maheke uses a variety of sources, from science fiction to diary entries, sketches and preliminary texts (both found and written by the artist), as well as music and movement.

This new performance becomes a meditation on the fine line between otherness and strangeness, embodied in the "rink culture" of Chicago's South Side as well as in the character of the vampire.

Credits

Creation, Paul Maheke
Interpretation, Paul Maheke in collaboration with a musician

Coproduced by Astrup Fearnley Museet; Goodman Gallery; Galerie Sultana
With the support of Villa Albertine

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Sat. 16 and Sun. 17 September
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Biographie(s)

Paul Maheke

Through a varied and often collaborative body of work comprising performance, installation, sound and video, Maheke considers the potential of the body as an archive in order to examine how memory and identity is formed and constituted. The artist studied at the École nationale supérieure d’arts in Cergy and at Open School East, London/ Margate. His work has been shown at the Tate Modern, Chisenhale Gallery and South London Gallery (London); the Venice Biennale; The Renaissance Society (Chicago); Astrup Fearnley Museet and Heinie Onstad (Oslo); Rudolfinum Gallery (Prague); Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Bourse de Commerce - Collection Pinault and Lafayette Anticipations (Paris); MO. CO (Montpellier); Triangle France (Marseille); Baltic Triennial 13; Manifesta 12 (Palermo); Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich), among others. He has been nominated for the 21st Ricard Corporate Foundation Prize in 2019, the Future Generation Art Prize in 2021 and was included in British Art Show 9.

Échelle HumainePaul Maheke L’Origine de la mort