Mirror Piece I & II, 1969/2018

There are seats in the gallery for this performance. Come in good time, it can get busy. The best way to see the work is from the front opposite the performers. If it rains, the performances will be held in another location. Check the information on site or in the visitors' pavilion. 

Trainer: Nefeli Skarmea (Movement Director Joan Jonas)

Giulia Bonfiglio, Margherita Celestino, Matilda Cobanli, Paola Di Bella, Dounia Dolbec, Agnese Forlani, Mizuki Kori, Ola Korniejenko, Salim Mabrouk, Lara Muslera, Carla Parcianello, David Ramalho, Lola Vera, Mimi Washer, Lily White

Joan Jonas’ works in this exhibition are linked with a mirror as the recurring element. Mirrors reflect how people and things present themselves in a specific context. To what do we pay attention and who watches who? 

In Mirror Piece I & II some fifteen women hold tall, narrow mirrors. They move in slow patterns, in a lovely line. Very carefully, making sure that the mirrors do not break. They keep turning towards the spectators, who see themselves looking back in one mirror, then another. 

The performers literally present the audience with a looking glass. Creating both distance with the spectator, and also a connection. As spectators we cannot help but consider our place in the big picture.

Number 33 on the map.