Agenda
May 21st
18 hs.
Galería Barro
Caboto 531 - CABA
Free admission (previous enrollment required).
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*Performance in English with subtitles in Spanish
AGENDA is Amalia Ulman’s latest performative conference. It is comprised of a PowerPoint presentation, and a live performance with sound effects. It exposes the final narrative of the online performance Privilege and her exhibitions Labour Dance (Arcadia_Missa, London), Reputation (New Galerie, Paris) and Dignity (James Fuentes, New York).
In AGENDA, Ulman uses poetic language to narrate self experimentation with female hormones and the adverse effects of excess estrogen in a body trapped within the four walls of her DTLA office: a space dominated by verticality and acceleration. This dreamlike storyline develops into a series of cons and scams, economies of appearances and the ode to Bob The Pigeon, a working-class hero. The story finishes with pessimistic spiritual notes that the author recognizes as selfish, and nihilist; for escapism and the ability to complain entail a certain privilege—a position not accessible to all.