POA Closing Studio:
Embodiments and Exhibitions
A work-in-studio exploration with acclaimed contemporary artist
and choreographer Xavier Le Roy
Examining the effects of generated movement materials on the qualities of relationships between performers and between spectators and performers. This work-in-studio exploration serves as a durational experiment in collaborative creation.
Xavier Le Roy holds a PhD in molecular biology and has been working as an artist since 1991. He is also a professor at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies in Giessen, Germany. His early solo works were credited as ground-breaking, opening new perspectives in choreography. Motivated by the need for transformation, he creates with the desire to alter our understanding of dichotomies such as: Human/Non-Human, Subject/Object, Passive/Active, Norma/Anormal, and to multiply our perspectives.
His latest works, such as We Are Not Monsters (2020) in collaboration with Dalibor Šandor and Per.Art, Retrospective (2012-), For the Unfaithful Replica (2016), Still In Hong Kong (2021), investigate time, space as well as the relationship between the public and live artworks made possible by exhibitions, museums and other public spaces.
His works have been presented internationally, including at the Taipei Performing Arts Center, Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017, Tapiès Foundation (Barcelona), MoMA (New York), Kaldor Public Art Projects (Sydney), Centre Pompidou (Paris) and La Biennale di Venezia Danza among others.
Courtesy of Xavier Le Roy.