Artistic action by Cecilia Bengolea for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Members

PERFORMANCE

octobre 2022

On the occasion of the Museum's 25th Anniversary, Cecilia Bengolea (Buenos Aires, 1979) presented a performance that merged video installation and performance which was conceived specifically for the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum Members and was held in its most iconic space, the Atrium. Accompanied by four dancers and a DJ, the performance blends the rhythm of dancehall movements with a visual journey through archival videos that bring back the memory of the construction of Frank Gehry’s building. Avatars embody the materials shaping the Museum, as well as some of its artworks. Fog, alabaster, and titanium gain corporeality on a series of screens as the dancers and all the participating Members dance a collective choreography. Mixing video and dance, as well as scanning and rendering processes, the artist’s body in motion turns into fictional creatures and transforming materialities. A live device enacts this methodology during the performance, so that the collective body of participants is reflected on the screens, thus also becoming material avatars. Curated by Maite Borjabad López-Pastor Tech sponsor: LG OLED