Embody by Shani Ha

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旅居纽约的法国艺术家Shani Ha的新作“Embody”抽象而不断变化，模糊了雕塑、肢体与表达之间的界限。表演艺术家Amélie Gaulier-Brody被厚重的织物所覆盖，跟随着所处环境的变化而改变着自身的形态。或静、或动、或蓄势待发，呼应着观看者的行为而做出回应，进一步打破了艺术与观众间那道不可见的隔阂。

The sculptures from the “Embody” series play with abstraction and metamorphose to incarnate complex shifting identities and interactions.

Society is morphing in a very fast pace constantly redefining intimacy, social interactions, self-definition and body representation. Technologies offer a new outer body experience that tends to transform our relationships and eventually disconnect people from others and from themselves.

Performed since 2011, The Embody blurs the boundaries between sculpture, bodies and representation. For this iteration Shani Ha invited performance artist Amélie Gaulier-Brody to invest and interpret Embody.

The soft sculptures are constantly shifting and adapting to the context and silhouettes, creating successive ephemeral sculptural forms. Embody exists in different temporality and formats, the sculptures can be contemplated steady, in action or be activated. Shani Ha’s transformative sculptures can be activated by the audience, breaking the boundaries between the art and the viewer, by offering the possibility to have a direct and tangible impact on the artwork.

This series of sculpture is the catalysis for photographs, installations and performances. Shani Ha invites the audience, performers and dancers to interact with the pieces and invest them in different situations.