| Maker | Publik Universal Frxnd |
| Duration | 45 min |
| Part of | S*XPLORATION |
Expose yourself to this naked truth
Naked Recreation: Elemental revolves around nude bodies, with the voices of the performers coming together in a choir. Their nudity is rooted in opposition. It is their way of claiming visibility and being able to exist on their own conditions. In this collective performance, norms are challenged, conflicting feelings have the space to breathe, and vulnerability becomes the ultimate form of expression.
This work by Publik Universal Frxnd was previously featured in the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Matter of Art Biennale. Their choreography of harmonies and dissonants resonates through space, seeking both friction and connection.
Naked Recreation: Elemental was originally created for ROZENSTRAAT and performed in front of the Homomonument, but for Korzo it takes on a new meaning in the context of an indoor space.
Publik Universal Frxnd is an Amsterdam-based artist and performer whose work explores the entanglement of body, machine, and nature. They consider industrialisation as the beginning of a contemporary apocalypse through which we are currently living. Taking a queer perspective on histories of labor, migration, and political instability, their recent installations, sculptures, and performances use music and sound as a way to invoke often contradictory feelings of belonging, joy, abjection, and hopelessness.
Their work has been exhibited and commissioned internationally at the Matter of Art Biennale, ROZENSTRAAT - a rose is a rose is a rose, Centrale Fies, the Beetsterzwaag Triennale, IMMA Dublin, MAMM Medellin, and the Gwangju Biennial (icw AA Bronson). Their work is supported by the Mondriaan Fonds. Their monograph Paraperformance was published by Immixtion Press and Kunsthal Aarhus in 2018.
Direction & Composition: Publik Unversal Frxnd
Performers: TBC
Originally Commissioned by: Rozenstraat - a rose is a rose is a rose
This performance is part of the SXPLORATION line-up, where we celebrate s*x and explore how it can heal, liberate, and offer pleasure in times of censorship.
Korzo Studio