Melati Suryodarmo: I Love You

published Mar 16, 2008
Melati Suryodarmo I Love You
Exploring the fluid borders between the body and its environment, Germany-based Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo will be opening her first solo exhibition in Kuala Lumpur with a piece entitled "I Love You" at Central Market Annexe on 17 April 2008.

Interacting and moving with a glass platform, Suryodarmo repeats, "I love you!" for the duration of the two-hour long performance.

In tandem with the opening act, the exhibition will showcase selected documentations of Suryodarmo's past performances in photography and video.

Documented works include performance photographs from her Death series, as well as video excerpts of Exergie - butter dance, My Fingers Are the Triggers and her most recent work Perception of Pattern in Timeless Influence.

Absurd yet poignant, this landmark event will introduce the KL art scene to one of the most promising and relevant artist working in the performance medium.

Suryodarmo will also be conducting two workshops on performance art during her visit; Workshop I on 19 April 2008 at the Central Market Annexe and Workshop II on 20 April 2008 at Rimbun Dahan Artist Residency.