The Gym
The Gym trains our physical and mental capacity for resistance in the sense of a joyful activism and calls for the individual and collective re-appropriation of body and mind. The exhibition presents positions by Anna Ehrenstein, Eisa Jocson, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Howardena Pindell, Karin Ferrari, Kubra Khademi, Mel Baggs, Philipp Muerling, Sophia Süßmilch, Suzanne Lacy, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, Tianzhuo Chen, VALIE EXPORT. In their respective practices, the artists dive below the surface and search for strategies and logics of resistance in order to break up power structures, to disrupt and challenge mechanisms of seeing and perception. The artistic works understand protest as a training program for the body, take patriarchal and colonial body images apart, or play with elements from the fitness industry and question them in the context of a neoliberal understanding of spirituality.
Training
The Gym offers a variety of workouts with numerous training sessions. Weekly Classes stimulate the body through practices such as Calisthenics, Yoga, Pilates and Animal Flow, among others. Sunday Sessions offer intensive workshops as one-day formats from Yoggaton to Transformational Breathing, while Mental Workouts pump up the mind to expand capillaries and perspectives. No special prior experience is necessary. The trainings are designed to be both supportive and challenging for all, and anyone can participate
Performance
In addition to the opening performance with Faris Cuchi & Mzamo Nondlwana, The Gym will show performances by Tamara Alegre/Marga Alfeirão/Cuba, Hyeji Nam, God's Entertainment, Denise Palmieri & Myassa Kraitt and Geumhyung Jeong on Fridays and Saturdays. Some of the works were developed at the invitation of The Gym and, in various forms, make the body the center of the action.
References:
https://partnerincrime.eu/THE-GYM
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