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Lygia Clark: Performances | #2 Anthropophager Speichel | Lebensstrukturen
Lygia Clark: Performances | #2 Anthropophagous Saliva | Life structures
Event by: Neue Nationalgalerie
Location: Potsdamer Str. 50, Potsdamer Straße 50, Berlin - Mitte
Talks & discussions, Exhibitions
About event
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During the duration of the Lygia Clark retrospective, selected groups of performances by the artist will be regularly reinterpreted in the exhibition space.
📍Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
📍Sundays, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Participation is included in admission. Please note that times may change slightly.
https://ww w.smb.museum/events/detail/2-anthropophager-saliva-life-structures-2025-05-29-173000-150185/
Anthropophager Saliva, 1969
A group kneels around a person lying on the ground. The individual participants have spools of thread in their mouths, from which they unroll saliva-soaked threads and cover the person lying down with them. A network gradually forms. As soon as the coils are completely unrolled, the seated participants cover their own faces with the saliva-soaked net. The inside of each person is thus turned outside and accepted by the group. The thread connects the individual people with each other and unites them in a collective body.
Life structures, 1966
The network made of rubber bands is activated by a group. Several participants put their hands and feet or their entire body into the net at different points and thus move around in space. Every movement made by a single person also affects everyone else. Everyone is connected to each other and the group feels like a collective body.
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Throughout the Lygia Clark retrospective, selected group performances by the artist will be reinterpreted live in the exhibition space.
📍Thursdays, 5:30–7:30 pm
📍Sundays, 12:00-2:00 pm
Participation is free with a valid ticket. Please note that times may vary slightly.
https://ww w.smb.museum/en/events/detail/2-anthropophagic-slobber-life-structures-2025-05-29-173000-150185/
Anthropophagic Slobber, 1969
A group kneels around a person lying on the floor. The individual participants have spools of thread in their mouths, from which they unroll saliva-soaked threads and cover the person lying on the floor with them. This gradually forms a net. As soon as the spools are completely unrolled, the seated participants cover their own faces with the saliva-soaked net. The inside of each person is thus turned inside out and absorbed by the group. The thread links the individual people together and unites them in a collective body.
Life structures, 1966
This net made of rubber bands is activated by a group. Several participants place their hands and feet, or their entire body, in the net at different points and move around the room. Every movement made by one person has an effect on all the others. Everyone is connected and the group feels like a collective body.
Lygia Clark: Baba Antropofágica, 1969 © Associação Cultural O Mundo de Lygia Clark / Eduardo Clark, 1973
#neuenationalgalerie #lygiaclark #performances
During the duration of the Lygia Clark retrospective, selected groups of performances by the artist will be regularly reinterpreted in the exhibition space.
📍Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
📍Sundays, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Participation is included in admission. Please note that times may change slightly.
https://ww w.smb.museum/events/detail/2-anthropophager-saliva-life-structures-2025-05-29-173000-150185/
Anthropophager Saliva, 1969
A group kneels around a person lying on the ground. The individual participants have spools of thread in their mouths, from which they unroll saliva-soaked threads and cover the person lying down with them. A network gradually forms. As soon as the coils are completely unrolled, the seated participants cover their own faces with the saliva-soaked net. The inside of each person is thus turned outside and accepted by the group. The thread connects the individual people with each other and unites them in a collective body.
Life structures, 1966
The network made of rubber bands is activated by a group. Several participants put their hands and feet or their entire body into the net at different points and thus move around in space. Every movement made by a single person also affects everyone else. Everyone is connected to each other and the group feels like a collective body.
//
Throughout the Lygia Clark retrospective, selected group performances by the artist will be reinterpreted live in the exhibition space.
📍Thursdays, 5:30–7:30 pm
📍Sundays, 12:00-2:00 pm
Participation is free with a valid ticket. Please note that times may vary slightly.
https://ww w.smb.museum/en/events/detail/2-anthropophagic-slobber-life-structures-2025-05-29-173000-150185/
Anthropophagic Slobber, 1969
A group kneels around a person lying on the floor. The individual participants have spools of thread in their mouths, from which they unroll saliva-soaked threads and cover the person lying on the floor with them. This gradually forms a net. As soon as the spools are completely unrolled, the seated participants cover their own faces with the saliva-soaked net. The inside of each person is thus turned inside out and absorbed by the group. The thread links the individual people together and unites them in a collective body.
Life structures, 1966
This net made of rubber bands is activated by a group. Several participants place their hands and feet, or their entire body, in the net at different points and move around the room. Every movement made by one person has an effect on all the others. Everyone is connected and the group feels like a collective body.
Lygia Clark: Baba Antropofágica, 1969 © Associação Cultural O Mundo de Lygia Clark / Eduardo Clark, 1973
#neuenationalgalerie #lygiaclark #performances