Lundahl & Seitl
Founded in 2003 and composed of the visual artist and curator Christer Lundahl and the artist and choreographer Martina Seitl, the Swedish duo Lundahl & Seitl, now based in London and Stockholm, came to the public's attention with their installations in venues identifiable through their symbolic density, such as museums and theatres. Their works explore history, time, space and human perception, organizing the spectators' immersion and their participation in a universe removed from reality in which dance, philosophy, technology and plastic arts merge into a total artistic experience. Turning darkness into the best medium of the imagination, they build a negative space, choreograph absences and always put the spectator at the heart of their projects. So in Rotating in a Room of Images, they disturb the visitor's spatial and temporal orientation by a meticulously choreographed and controlled fifteen minute performance in the dark. In Symphony of a Missing Room, they search for a dialogue, based on a light and reassuring contact between the spectator and his guide, whereas in The Memory of W.T. Stead, their collaboration with the experimental pianist Cassie Yukawa opens new auditory horizons. The Infinite Conversation is a radicalization of their research. Their work is being presented at the Festival d'Avignon for the first time.
MS, April, 2012