Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz en
Nationality
CH / DE
Year of birth
1972 / 1963
Biography
Salomania restages the “dance of the seven veils” from Alla Nazimova’s 1923 silent film, Salomé, itself centred on the figure of Salomé – an icon of independence and sexual freedom. Salomania also features performances and rehearsals of extracts from Valda’s Solo, created by choreographer and director Yvonne Rainer after watching Nazimova’s film. Here, Rainer is seen imparting her choreographic expertise to the performer Wu Tsang.
Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz, (CH, 1972 / DE, 1963, both based in Berlin), have been working together since 2007. In 2019 they represented Switzerland at the 58th Venice Biennale. Selected exhibitions include: Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin (2019); Centre culturel suisse, Paris; High Line Art, New York (2018); Participant, New York; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (2017); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven ; Asakusa, Tokyo (2016); Nottingham Contemporary; Kunsthalle, Vienna; Kunsthalle, Zurich; Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon (2015); CAPC, Bordeaux; Fort Worth Contemporary Arts; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Les Complices, Zurich (2012).