Amalia Ulman instantly rose to popularity with her Instagram performance Excellences & Perfections. Shown here is a selection of videos of past lecture performances by this next-generation artist, who has been utilizing a variety of media to communicate her astute takes on power dynamics, sexuality and class disparity. Buyer, Walker, Rover is a survey of today’s consumption society, based on the artist’s observations made while walking through the city. It also connects to the work that Ulman shows in the Exhibition program, while there is a further connection between El Planeta, her first feature length movie, and Sordid Scandal, which straddles private (family) and national (colonial) history. The artist’s performances, stirring elements of reality and fiction, are renowned, but their sharply critical quality is explicitly manifested also in her lectures.
Dates: 2.9 Wed. 15:00-
2.13 Sun. 11:00-
2.17 Thu. 18:00-
Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum 1F Hall
Ticket: ¥500 [advance] / ¥1,000 [door]
Works
Amalia ULMAN, Buyer, Walker, Rover
2013 / 12 min./ Dialogue in English (with Japanese subtitles)
Still from Buyer, Walker, Rover, 2013 Courtesy of the Artist
Amalia ULMAN, Excellences & Perfections (ICA)
2014 / 11 min./ Dialogue in English (with Japanese subtitles)
Still from Excellences & Perfections (ICA), 2014 Courtesy of the Artist
Amalia ULMAN, The Future Ahead
2014 / 16 min./ Dialogue in English (with Japanese subtitles)
Still from The Future Ahead, 2014 Courtesy of the Artist
Amalia ULMAN, Sordid Scandal
2020 / 19 min. / Dialogue in English (with Japanese subtitles)
Still from Sordid Scandal, 2020 Courtesy of the Artist and Tate Modern London