3 Lectures + 1 Story = 4 EveningsAlexandre Singh
| Nov ’09 |
| 9 |
| 8:00 pm |
For four consecutive evenings, White Columns will host a series of narrative performances by Alexandre Singh. Taking the mantle from Homer, Singh will be reciting from memory “The Alkahest,” a series of interwoven tales featuring golems, monks, parrots, 20th-century abstract painters, and the creation of the world. In addition, he will be giving three lectures, entitled “The Assembly Instructions,” consisting of a series of rhapsodic academic discourses delivered while two overhead projectors display a variety of images collaged by Singh, forming the backbone of a meandering discussion that ranges from Ikea to Giordano Bruno, and from Snow White to oranges.
Currently based in New York, Alexandre Singh explores a variety of media and exhibition formats, working in literature, collages, installations and performances. His works often combine elements of reality with fiction, reassessing historical and narrative conventions and questioning systems of knowledge and interpretation. Recent projects include The Marque of the Third Stripe, a series of environmental installations based upon a gothic novella written by Singh, reimagining the life of Adi Dassler, founder of the Adidas sports empire. Singh was born in Bordeaux (France) in 1980, he received a BFA from Oxford University (UK) in 2001 and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (New York) in 2005.
Curated by Matthew Higgs. Presented by White Columns in partnership with Performa.
Nov. 9, 10, 11, and 12, 8pm
FREE
