AN EVENING OF PERFORMANCES

Nathaniel Mellors (b. 1974, UK) studied at the Ruskin School, Oxford University (1996-99) and the Royal College of Art, London (1999-2001). In 2007-09, Mellors was resident at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam. He lives and works in Los Angeles. Mellors work spans various media, combining original fiction, music, painting, sculpture, animatronics and installation forms to explore themes of identity, class and power. Recent solo exhibitions include Matt’s Gallery, London (2022), FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, 2021; Borås Konstmuseum, Sweden, 2019; Kiasma, Helsinki, 2018; New Museum, New York 2018; Cobra Museum, Amsterdam 2018; Finnish Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (with Erkka Nissinen), 2017.

Linda Franke (b.1980, DE) has been based in Los Angeles since 2017. Her work engages with the constants of human life by staging situations in which our daily routines are being transformed into absurd Tableaux Vivants. Found materials, elaborately produced props, 3D animations, text collages and soundtracks, create a cinematographic set that serves as the environment for her performers and the resulting video.

Franke is a Graduate of Universität der Künste Berlin, DE,  Chelsea School of Art and Design London, UK and Academy of Media Arts Cologne, DE. Besides Residencies at Sacatar Brazil, BR, CCA Glasgow, UK or Impact Utrecht, NL her work has been shown at Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, DE; Goethe Institut Montreal, CA; Schaulager Barbara Thumm in Berlin, DE; W139, Amsterdam, NL; Simultanhalle Cologne, DE; Art Cologne, DE; Film Festival, Sao Paulo, BR; Galapagos Art Space, New York, US; Moscow International Film Festival, RUS; Soma Mexico City & Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, MEX and Mars Gallery ,PAM, Navel, Femmebit Festival, Neon Museum in L.A., US. She has been teaching Video Performance, Non Linear Film Montage and Multimedia Art at Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, DE, Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf, Babelsberg, DE and Loyola Marymount Univeristy in Los Angeles, US.