With a.o. Lars Bang Larsen, Ruth Buchanan, Daniel Buren, Yann Chateigné Tytelman, James Coleman, Keren Cytter, Yael Davids, Jon Mikel Euba, Olivier Foulon, Luca Frei, Aurélien Froment, Dan Graham, Kinga Kielczynska, Suchan Kinoshita, Joachim Koester, Robert Morris, Ivana Müller, Maria Pask, Peggy Phelan, Sarah Pierce, Jimmy Robert, Stefanie Seibold & Teresa Maria Diaz Nerio, Voin de Voin, and Lawrence Weiner
Masquerade
In just a few short years, the Berlin-based artist has produced a singular oeuvre comprising dozens of films, works of fiction, and, more recently, theatrical pieces created with her new company, D.I.E. Now (Dance International Europe Now).
Keren Cytter's videos have a distinctly literary flavour. Although her medium is tape and she makes countless references to cinematic and televised forms, her scripts often involve long soliloquies and multiple voice-overs that would seem more comfortable unravelling over the pages of a novel. The subject matter of her work is the stuff of relationships � loss, loving, longing, friendship, betrayal � much of it culled from her own or her friends' lives.' - frieze.com
LABA is the National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture, an innovative arts and culture initiative of the 14th Street Y. LABA’s Guests will feature a group of distinguished artists exhibiting pieces in different visual mediums. Artists included in the exhibition include Tirtzah Bassel, Aimee Burg, Maria Cabo, Lourdes Correa, Keren Cytter, Karni Dorell, Tamar Ettun, Hadassa Goldvicht, Leor Grady, Tamar Hirschl, Itamar Jobani, Shay Kun, Yael Rechter, Yaniv Segalovich and Rona Yefman. The exhibition is curated by Tzili Charney.
Born in Tel Aviv and currently living in Berlin, Keren Cytter makes films that portray characters entangled in complicated relationships, simultaneously connected and alienated from one another. Inspired by direct experiences and observations of her surroundings as well as the films, plays, and novels of such luminaries as Alfred Hitchcock, John Cassavetes, Roman Polanski, Tennessee Williams, and Samuel Beckett, her work is carefully scripted and produced while maintaining a sense of spontaneity and unpredictability.
2009 was a very busy year for Keren Cytter, who participated in exhibitions at Manifesta, the Venice Biennale, the New Museum and X-Initiative, and premiered in performances at the Tate Modern and Performa. Cytter won the Vo
"History in the Making or the Secret Diaries of Linda Schultz" is a new live theatre piece by Israeli artist Keren Cytter. John Webber, a political activist, and Linda Schultz, a graphic designer, awake one morning to discover they have each been subject to an unexpected and radical sex change. The repercussions of this event have a domino effect on society, sexual politics, and personal identity, ultimately leading to revolution, as Cytter playfully tells the story via film, language, imagery, choreography, performance and light projections.
The show will include drawings and two new video works:
"Four Seasons", 2009
"Les Ruissellements du Diable", 2008
