Third Eyelid at the Art Association Schwerin: A performance for the uncertain gaze
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When perception wavers: Keta Gavasheli's Third Eyelid
At the art association for Mecklenburg and Vorpommern in Schwerin, Keta Gavasheli opens with Third Eyelid an unusual approach to the group exhibition Aperture, monitor, field, mouth, language,. The performance combines text, video, and sound into a fragmentary performative reading, making the body a sensitive seismograph for images, memories, and optical illusions.
A staging between body, image, and memory
Gavasheli focuses on optical instruments, distorted images, light refractions, and blurriness. The dramaturgy does not follow a linear narrative but relies on breaks, overlays, and shifts in perception. Text, projection, and sound enter into an open dialogue, continuously readjusting reality and media representation.
The third eyelid as a membrane of perception
Thematically, the performance is connected to Gavasheli's installation In the Middle of the Blank Page. A video filmed through a magnifying glass translates the bodily experience of dizziness and rotation into a distorted visual language. The magnifying glass acts as a membrane between camera and physical reality: it does not shield the view, but alters it.
Opening of a cross-media exhibition
Third Eyelid serves as the performative kickoff to the exhibition Aperture, monitor, field, mouth, language,. The group show assembles video installations, sculptures, photographs, and photograms by Keta Gavasheli, Danae Io, Chantal Kaufmann, and Jonida Laçi. Central to it are the relationships between body, space, language, and object, as well as the question of how images are produced, framed, and read.
The exhibition understands technology as an extension of the body and perception. Cameras, monitors, and projections appear not as neutral tools, but as active translators of the built environment. The exhibition title references a quote from the author Quinn Latimer and points to personal recordings, media devices, and the loops of memory.
A concentrated stage experience in English
The 45-minute performance takes place in English. In the concentrated theater atmosphere of the art association, acoustics, lighting mood, and moving images merge into a sensual space of perception. The audience experiences not a classical narrative, but an open experimental setup where every blur becomes a dramaturgical impulse.
Conclusion: An evening for curious eyes
Keta Gavasheli's Third Eyelid invites you to experience your own gaze as a mobile, physical, and remembering instrument. Those seeking contemporary performance, media art, and sophisticated stage art will encounter an evening between reading, installation, and sound space. The live interplay of body, image, and sound promises an intense stage experience for the opening of the Schwerin exhibition.
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