Grace Schwindt: The Boxer, DRAF x KOKO KOKO, London, UK
Grace Schwindt particpated to the 11th annual Evening of Performances presented by DRAF at the historic music hall KOKO. The evening presented eight new commissions and a UK premiere by international artists responding to the theme of intimacy. Each artistic contribution brought forward a new reading and experience, charging the venue with different physical, sensual and intellectual approaches.
Grace Schwindt’s The Boxer centralised on the singularity of a subject from the perspective of multitude, looking at what makes an individual. Her response is told from the perspective of a lack, a wound, a loss. Schwindt composed an image of a person in his/her absence, through performances by a bodybuilder, a singer, a dancer, a drummer, alongside a boxing ring and a series of sculptures made of ceramics and bronze. The broken boxing ring she inserted on the stage stood for the central character whose narrative is told through moving image, accompanied by singing and choreography. Performers include Sophie Brown, Jia-Yu Corti, Margaret Salmon, Ellen van Schuylenburch and Ted Pollard.
Text credit: The Roberts Institute of Art
Image credit: Grace Schwindt, The Boxer, 2018. Performed at KOKO as part of An Evening of Performances. Courtesy of the Roberts Institute of Art. Photo: Christa Holka
