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The Kunstverein für Mecklenburg und Vorpommern in Schwerin is pleased to present Third Eyelid, a performance by Keta Gavasheli, at the opening of the exhibition Aperture, monitor, field, mouth, language,. The performance combines text, video and sound in a fragmented performative reading. Drawing on optical instruments, distorted images, the refraction of light and blur, Gavasheli explores how perception is shaped by bodily experiences and memories. The performance is connected to Gavasheli’s installation In the Middle of the Blank Page, which is also on view in the exhibition. Part of the work is a video filmed through a magnifying glass, translating the bodily experience of vertigo and rotational movement into a distorted visual language. The magnifying glass becomes a membrane between the camera and physical reality, simultaneously mediating and transforming perception. The performance will be in English. The admission is free.
Artistic & Managing Director
Leonore Spemann
Curator
Luisa Kleemann
Curator
Lisa Dohmstreich
The program series “I / You / He, She, It / We / You / They Are the Institution!” was conceived by Hendrike Nagel.
Biography
Keta Gavasheli is a Tbilisi-born, Düsseldorf-based multidisciplinary artist whose work moves across sound-based media, moving image, installation, and performance. A resident of Salon des Amateurs, she has performed and curated regularly over recent years, fostering collaboration and creative exchange through live interventions and collective encounters. Her practice moves fluidly between stage, club and exhibition spaces ~ grounded in care and long-term artistic collaboration.
Sponsors
The mediation and accompanying program of the Kunstverein is funded by:
