Traditional sculpture might be considered dynamic simply because of its three-dimensionality, but with the Embody series, a work of sculpture and performance by Shani Ha and Caroline Dartey, sculpture and movement truly coalesce. The exhibition combines Ha's soft, malleable sculptures with Dartey's interpretive expression of body, identity, representation, and interaction, giving spectators unique insight into artistic media.
The first performance in the Embody series was in France in 2011, but since then it's been adapted over 30 times. In its current iteration, performance artist Caroline Dartey invests the nebulous sculpture with abstract movement that is at once movingly aesthetic and powerfully social. And in a further crossing of media borders, Ha's photographs of the Embody series serve as a crystallization of the ephemeral exhibit.
Embody will be performed at the General Consulate of Greece in New York this week.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Sculptural Performance Art
- Opportunity for artists to blend traditional sculpture with performance art to create a new form of artistic media.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Opportunity for artists from different media to collaborate, creating unique and innovative exhibits that cross media boundaries.
- Multimedia Exhibits
- Opportunity for artists to use different media to enhance and crystallize their exhibits, creating a more lasting impression on spectators.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Visual Arts
- Opportunity for visual artists to explore new forms of artistic expression by blending different media such as sculpture and performance art.
- Entertainment
- Opportunity for the entertainment industry to incorporate interdisciplinary collaboration to create new and unique shows and exhibits.
- Photography
- Opportunity for photographers to capture and crystallize multidimensional exhibits, creating a lasting impression on viewers.
