New Light (2020) by Ellen Barratt
Performance
In Genesis, the first sign of life is Light. Last in order of dismantling the myth, Ellen Barratt’s New Light (2020) embodied an homage to light. The installation illuminated the curved, monumental wall behind the church’s altar, reacting to and with the space’s natural light balance. Barratt worked on the edge of materiality, using New Light to construct an immersive experience.
Performance
In Genesis, the first sign of life is Light. Last in order of dismantling the myth, Ellen Barratt’s New Light (2020) embodied an homage to light. The installation illuminated the curved, monumental wall behind the church’s altar, reacting to and with the space’s natural light balance. Barratt worked on the edge of materiality, using New Light to construct an immersive experience.
7 March 2020
Swiss Church, London
Swiss Church, London
New Light, 2020, by Ellen Barratt: In Nihilum (2 – 8 Marcb 2020) at Swiss Church, London. Courtesy of Kollektiv Collective and the artists. Photography by Ellen Barratt.
O (2020) by Hannah Archambault
Performance
Symbolising the creation of Heaven and Atmosphere, Hannah Archambault’s sound installation O (2020) resonated with the spiritual identity of the Swiss Church. As atmospheric sound moved through the space from one area to another and back, O acted as a guide to explore the space and an invitation to engage not only with our bodies but also our listening.
Performance
Symbolising the creation of Heaven and Atmosphere, Hannah Archambault’s sound installation O (2020) resonated with the spiritual identity of the Swiss Church. As atmospheric sound moved through the space from one area to another and back, O acted as a guide to explore the space and an invitation to engage not only with our bodies but also our listening.
5 March 2020
Swiss Church, London
Swiss Church, London
Programming schedule as part of In Nihilum (2 – 8 March 2020) at Swiss Church, London. Graphic design by Bella De Angelis.
Jasper Humpert: The creation of nature and its cannibalistic hybrids
Performance lecture
This lecture performance investigated the relationship of the human self and the natural other in order to understand a rapidly changing nature and the questions this poses to the human position. From the conception of a remembering earth in the swamps of Rio de Janeiro, to aero-terrestrial traumas in Eastern Germany’s summer fire blaze struck forests and engineering miracles on Dutch coastlines, the course we take in order to unravel the understanding of what (divinely human, humanely divine) creation means in the light of ecological devastation will seek answers in the surprising cosmologies of a cannibalistic self-situated human domain in ever-changing hybrid-natures. The other as incorporated enemy, the dependency of the substances to the relationships to one another, emergence as socio-climatic default setting, an ever-changing outlook on the landscapes of climate collapse – the creation and deconstruction of natures has never been as close to the human self as in this very moment.
Performance lecture
This lecture performance investigated the relationship of the human self and the natural other in order to understand a rapidly changing nature and the questions this poses to the human position. From the conception of a remembering earth in the swamps of Rio de Janeiro, to aero-terrestrial traumas in Eastern Germany’s summer fire blaze struck forests and engineering miracles on Dutch coastlines, the course we take in order to unravel the understanding of what (divinely human, humanely divine) creation means in the light of ecological devastation will seek answers in the surprising cosmologies of a cannibalistic self-situated human domain in ever-changing hybrid-natures. The other as incorporated enemy, the dependency of the substances to the relationships to one another, emergence as socio-climatic default setting, an ever-changing outlook on the landscapes of climate collapse – the creation and deconstruction of natures has never been as close to the human self as in this very moment.
5 March 2020
Swiss Church, London
Swiss Church, London
Jasper Humpert, lecture as part of In Nihilum (2 – 8 March 2020) at Swiss Church, London.
You’re continuously rearranging yourself (2020) by Eloise Lawson
Performance
In this performance piece Eloise Lawson used the sea as a starting point for her piece, for its status as the thing/place that connects us most powerfully to the behaviour and sensibility of the moon, but also for the appeal of its inherent volatility and unknowability.You’re continuously rearranging yourself (2020) considered how the inbuilt wavering or ambivalence of the sea might function as a metaphor for indecision or not-knowing more generally.
Performance
In this performance piece Eloise Lawson used the sea as a starting point for her piece, for its status as the thing/place that connects us most powerfully to the behaviour and sensibility of the moon, but also for the appeal of its inherent volatility and unknowability.You’re continuously rearranging yourself (2020) considered how the inbuilt wavering or ambivalence of the sea might function as a metaphor for indecision or not-knowing more generally.
4 March 2020
Swiss Church, London
Swiss Church, London
You’re continuously rearranging yourself (2020) by Eloise Lawson: In Nihilum (2 – 8 March 2020) at Swiss Church, London. Courtesy of the artist.
Laura Moffatt, Roisin O’Sullican and Clara Maurer
In Conversation
This lecture evening was dedicated to the intersection of religion and art. Laura Moffatt presented her Art in Churches projects that focus on forming partnerships to deliver contemporary art exhibitions in places of worship. Roisin O’Sullican talked about her research on the idea of creation and the role of feminism with a special emphasis on the female figure in myth. As vicar of the Swiss Church, Carla Maurer reflected on the 10 years of collaboration between the Church and Goldsmiths University.
In Conversation
This lecture evening was dedicated to the intersection of religion and art. Laura Moffatt presented her Art in Churches projects that focus on forming partnerships to deliver contemporary art exhibitions in places of worship. Roisin O’Sullican talked about her research on the idea of creation and the role of feminism with a special emphasis on the female figure in myth. As vicar of the Swiss Church, Carla Maurer reflected on the 10 years of collaboration between the Church and Goldsmiths University.
3 March 2020
Swiss Church, London
Swiss Church, London
Laura Moffatt, Roisin O’Sullican and Clara Maurer in conversation as part of In Nihilum (2 – 8 March 2020) at Swiss Church, London. Courtesy of Kollektiv Collective and the artists.
Unformed (2020) by Luke Jordan
Performance
Luke Jordan’s practice speculates upon the ontological relationship between the human and non-human, materialist and non-materialist metaphysics and beyond, through the psycho-physical process of creation, immersion, and fatal meetings between objects / entities, approaching ontological destabilisation and disintegration. He conducts direct experiments, merging art forms within sites of performance and installation, which are conceived as laboratories, testing grounds for the poetic inter-relationship of entities, and their spectres; be they, a human, dirt, words, a mattress, a sculpture, a room, a sound etc.
As God created men last, In Nihilum featured Luke Jordan’s performanceUnformed (2020) to initiate the process of deconstruction. By creating ambiguous formations of sculpture, installation and sound, Jordan’s performance created a multi-layered speculative world, commenting on the creation of humankind and our material world.
Performance
Luke Jordan’s practice speculates upon the ontological relationship between the human and non-human, materialist and non-materialist metaphysics and beyond, through the psycho-physical process of creation, immersion, and fatal meetings between objects / entities, approaching ontological destabilisation and disintegration. He conducts direct experiments, merging art forms within sites of performance and installation, which are conceived as laboratories, testing grounds for the poetic inter-relationship of entities, and their spectres; be they, a human, dirt, words, a mattress, a sculpture, a room, a sound etc.
As God created men last, In Nihilum featured Luke Jordan’s performanceUnformed (2020) to initiate the process of deconstruction. By creating ambiguous formations of sculpture, installation and sound, Jordan’s performance created a multi-layered speculative world, commenting on the creation of humankind and our material world.
2 March 2020
Swiss Church, London
Swiss Church, London
Unformed, 2020, performance by Luke Jordan: In Nihilum (2 – 8 March 2020) at Swiss Church, London. Courtesy of Kollektiv Collective and the artists.