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Performance with sculpture-costume-noise instrument of heat foil, tape and letter from a friend by Åsa Hjortzberg Lie 2016 - 2024

Dressed in an outfit made from heat foil, tape and a letter from a friend, Åsa moves between the pieces of Kunsthal's Endless Exhibition. The fragility of the dress and the crisp sounds it produces, provoked by Lie's movements and gestures, contrast with the actual sensation of warmth that the dress gives her. Åsa Lie's appearance reminds us of the news images of people fleeing a crisis and receiving first aid after arriving on unknown shores, an image that simultaneously embodies human care and deep despair. Text by Ronny Heiremans

First shown in Upstairs Basement I & II. Espace MOSS, Brussels & MOSS Utställningar, Stockholm May-June 2016. Later in Commons to Coop - Jubilee Summer School 2024 @ Kunsthal Gent and in Super Materia, Défile van draagbare kunst / de l'art portable / of wearable art, 2024, Brussels. Recently (see photos above) at Flyktig-Fugitive 2024, Valdres, Norway (annual residency & performance programme curated by Gary Farrelly & Anne-Marte Før, supported by The Arts Council of Norway and Ireland)