Choreographers Lacey, Buffard, and Lauro Explore Body and Identity at Lyon Biennale
Choreographers Jennifer Lacey, Alain Buffard, and Nadia Lauro presented works interrogating bodily constitution and identity at the 2001 Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art. Lacey's '$Shot' (with Nadia Lauro, Zeena Parkins, and Erin Cornell) draws on gay and manga pornography, minimalism, and feminist theory to explore perception and image production. Buffard's 'Dispositif 3.1' (with Anne Laurent, Laurence Louppe, and Claudia Triozzi) reworks Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy's 'Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center' to question learning, gender, and institutional power. Both artists challenge traditional choreography and theatrical conventions, emphasizing process, fabrication, and the permeability of bodies and identities. The works were shown at the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon in September 2001.
Key facts
- Jennifer Lacey, Alain Buffard, and Nadia Lauro presented works at the 2001 Lyon Biennale.
- Lacey's '$Shot' references gay and manga pornography, minimalism, and theorists Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, and Judith Butler.
- Buffard's 'Dispositif 3.1' is a homage to Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy's 'Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center'.
- Both works explore body, identity, and perception through layered installations and performances.
- Lacey's work focuses on the amplification of perception between image and its production.
- Buffard's piece questions learning and institutional power, featuring a face-to-face audience arrangement.
- The works were performed at Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon in September 2001.
- Yvane Chapuis was the invited curator for dance at the biennale.
Entities
Artists
- Jennifer Lacey
- Alain Buffard
- Nadia Lauro
- Zeena Parkins
- Erin Cornell
- Anne Laurent
- Laurence Louppe
- Claudia Triozzi
- Mike Kelley
- Paul McCarthy
- Xavier Le Roy
- Yvonne Rainer
- Jérôme Bel
- Steve Paxton
- Vito Acconci
- Marina Abramovic
- Robert Morris
- Michael Fried
- Lucy Lippard
- Julia Kristeva
- Luce Irigaray
- Judith Butler
- Sabine Prokhoris
- Jack Smith
Institutions
- Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
- Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art
- Quatuor Knust
Locations
- Lyon
- France
Sources
- artpress —