Tino Sehgal at Tai Kwun Contemporary’s trust & confusion
trust & confusion / Tino Sehgal / Oct 23 to Dec 5, 2021Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 7pm 3/F, JC Contemporary and the Prison Yard, Tai Kwun10 Hollywood Road Central, Hong Kong http://www.taikwun.hk A new episode of trust & confusion presents two significant works by the critically acclaimed artist Tino Sehgal: These Associations, on the Prison Yard of Tai Kwun, and This Variation, on the 3/F Tai Kwun Contemporary gallery. One of the most important artists in recent decades, the work of Tino Sehgal (b. 1976, UK; lives in Berlin) unfolds not by way of the object but by ephemeral constructed situations. Redefining the museum as a place for social relations, Sehgal radically eliminates the conventional art object, shifting the focus to live interconnections—compositions of voices, choreographies, and people, without involving or generating any physical materials. Marked by his training in political economy and dance, Sehgal’s live works consist of language, conversations, games, movements, and choreographies, poignantly reflecting on the ways society today takes and is given shape. Like no other, Sehgal rearticulates art spaces as a ritualistic environment of social interactions. Visitors …
