All posts tagged: Maria Hassabi

Maria Hassabi at Tai Kwun Contemporary

Maria Hassabi: I’ll Be Your Mirror /Oct 13 – Nov 26, 2023 / JC ContemporaryTai Kwun10 Hollywood Road Central, Hong KongTue – Sun, 11am – 7pm taikwun.hk One of the leading figures of live art, the artist and choreographer Maria Hassabi (b. Cyprus) has long pioneered live installations which explore the relations that the human figure has with the still image and the sculptural object, while disrupting our sense of time. Her works bring the performing body into museums, theatres, and public spaces, shifting the boundaries between visitors and performers, subjects and objects. I’ll Be Your Mirror is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Asia, bringing together her practice of choreography, sound, sculpture, photography and painting, in two connected live installations.  In this exhibition, Hassabi uses her signature choreographic style, defined by sculptural physicality, stillness, and quietness, to confront the notion of one’s own image through a gold scheme of reflections. Proposing an alternative to the way we perceive ourselves and those around us, she invites viewers to question the fluidity of an image, one that is similar to …