I’ve been looking for things that last
I’ve been looking for things that last
Curated by SERAFINE1369
When: Friday 25 October
Time: 7pm
Where: Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Tickets: £16/12/8 (sliding scale, according to income)
Acclaimed artist and choreographer SERAFINE1369 curates an evening of performance at Shoreditch Town Hall.
Set on a stage of soil, this three-hour cyclical programme invites you to experience a series of repeating performances from a unique lineup of UK and international artists.
The curation is curious about liveness - movement, time and bodies - and the ways that coming together to watch performance can be collaborative, sacred and urgent.
Over the course of the evening the artist will present work on a looping cycle, moving in and out of the space and the soil, sometimes overlapping.
The artists
Visionary choreography by SERAFINE1369, sublime soundscapes from Adam Christensen and the raw physicality of Florence Peake. Plus, a rare UK appearance from keyon gaskin, coming all the way from North America for this one-night-only performance.
The experience
You are invited to connect with the experience at your own pace.
The performance area is located in the Assembly Hall of Shoreditch Town Hall. You can watch and move between the ground floor and the balcony to view the performances.
The ground floor offers both seating and standing areas, while the balcony is fully seated. The Balcony is only accessible by stairs (66 in total).
You can arrive and leave at any time and move throughout the space. A bar area and a quiet space will be available outside the performance space.
A Celebration
'I’ve been looking for things that last' is a special commission for our 25th anniversary celebrations.
The event embodies the radical spirit of our infamous Performance Salons, while offering a new queer contemporary perspective that feels both urgent and defiant, challenging us to rethink how we gather and witness performance in these shifting times.
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The grand hall is accessible but the balcony is not. The entire performance can be viewed from the grand hall. For more details on venue accessibility, please refer to the venue information here.
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SERAFINE1369 is an independent artist, dancer and body-focused researcher working with dancing as a philosophical undertaking, a political project with ethical psycho-spiritual ramifications for being-in-the-world; dancing as intimate technology. Their work is choreographic and uses (de)composition as a state of cycling and crumbling towards the stark expressive utterances of the minutiae of sensing. Their methodology is intuitive and many-headed, considering the interrelatedness of myriad systems.
I’ve been looking for things that last is situated within SERAFINE1369’s work, The Ways, the Fortune, the Fall, which explores ideas of choreographic fragmentation and time.
Florence Peake is renowned for her groundbreaking integration of dance, sculpture, and visual art, Florence Peake’s performances are a visceral feast for the senses. Her work challenges and expands the conventional boundaries of physicality and materiality, making her a standout force in contemporary art.
Adam Christensen is a multidisciplinary powerhouse, Adam Christensen weaves together performance, music, and visual art to create deeply personal and evocative works. His unique blend of autobiographical themes and experimental forms offers a captivating exploration of desire, intimacy, and queer identity.
keyon gaskin prefers not to contextualise their art with their credentials
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Curation and Creative Direction: SERAFINE1369
Production: Nancy May Roberts for Metal and Water
Sound and Technical Lead: Josh Anio Grigg
Lighting Lead: Sorcha Stott-Strzala
With support from Siobhan Davies Studios
Image Credit: SERAFINE1369 and Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome 'The Ways, the Fortune, the Fall'. Commissioned by Experimentica 2024. Photo by Kirsten McTernan.
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This event involves soil, so it may not be suitable for those with soil allergies
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