Category: Events

‘The call’

The action is a response to gender mannerisms and the perception of self-identification embedded in the structures of heteronormative society. Coinciding with the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, and guided by the principles of 2024 International Art Exhibition, PERFORMATICA...

/ 22nd August 2024

‘HIGH TIME’

'In the action I activate an evolving device using sheets of paper and found material. 20.000 sheets of paper are stood on, picked up, left falling on the floor, 7 hours a day for 30 days'. In the picture: Ivan...

/ 19th August 2023

‘TOGETHER AT A GIVEN DISTANCE IN SPACE AND TIME’ (Untimely series)

Performances: Ivan Lupi: 'TOGETHER AT A GIVEN DISTANCE IN SPACE AND TIME' "I walk in circles on a canvas surface. From time to time I open wounds on the soles of my feet. The audience is invited to take their...

/ 19th August 2023

‘DURATIONAL RAPTURE’ (Untimely series)

From: 'Durational rapture' as part of 'Ivan Lupi's Untimely series'. Scott Lawrie Gallery. Auckland, 2023. Credits: V. Garg The artist's mother passed at the age of 39, when Lupi was 8. In the action, Lupi interacts with three of her...

/ 23rd May 2023

‘THE THROWING GAME’

From: 'The throwing game', performance. Christchurch, 2023. Credits: Ee Allchurch-Rush From: 'The throwing game', performance. Christchurch, 2023. Credits: Ee Allchurch-Rush Read More

/ 23rd May 2023

‘SALUT’

Lupi personifies messages starkly, in ways which often remain marked indelibly on the artist's body and firmly in the memories of those who view them. The body is central with tattoo, with scarification, with pain, with blood. For Salut this makes...

/ 17th February 2023

‘NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS’ & ‘NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS – CONCERTO’

From: 'Not as simple as it sounds'. Audio Foundation, (Auckland 2021). Credits: V. Garg From: ‘Not as simple as it sounds’. Audio Foundation, (Auckland 2021). Credits: V. Garg From: ‘Not as simple as it sounds’. Audio Foundation, (Auckland 2021). Credits:...

/ 21st January 2022

‘THE MOM3NT OF TRUTH’

https://vimeo.com/494542063 From: 'THE MOM3NT OF TRUTH' - 4 hours '2 to 1' long durational performance. MOTAT, Auckland 2020. Credits: V. Garg Behind any crisis there is always a truth that we must fully understand, intellectually and emotionally.  Intuition will guide...

/ 25th December 2020