The research of artist Lisette Ros is complementary: towards society, unmasking how collective mechanisms work; conditioned by an understructure rooted in our basic, daily behavior, and most importantly towards herself.
While her performances always carry recognizable elements, she analyses routines and questions conventions, daily rhythms and their self-evidence. She sees the consequences of socio cultural praxis that affect us, whilst the peculiar element to her work is that this all cannot exist apart from her persona. Her body is therefor the pivotal space of action, the battlefield where these types of questions are asked; her ground for exploration.
Because, who is she, in the midst of it all?
This is the profound reason why Ros’ aching need of understanding has to pass through her body. Feelings are confronting, but at the same time introduce her with vulnerabilities, her flesh, her blood. She is bleeding, she is breathing, she is wondering.
CURRENTLY WORKING ON: COMING SOON
17-03-2022: ‘My Self, the Fetus’ at The Curators Room La Oficina BCN, Barcelona, Spain.
Live performance, residue installation, polaroids.22-03-2022: performing artist in video shooting Mona et Toi, Barcelona, Spain.17-04-2022: ‘I Bruise Like A Peach’ at Sexyland, Amsterdam, NL.
Live performance.20-04-2022 until 24-04-2022: Venice Biennale opening, Venice, IT.30-04-2022: ‘The Mirror’ opening at l’Age d’Or, Almere, The Netherlands.
Live performance, installation, video work.30-04-2022 until 31-05-2022: ‘The Mirror’ at l’Age d’Or exhibition in former shopping mall, Almere, The Netherlands.
Installation, video work.- 02-05-2022 until 31-05-2022: Artist in Resident at SIM, IS.
- 13-05-2022: ‘Getting Dressed’ (Ritual) Amsterdam Art Weekend at Het HEM with The Curators Room, Zaandam, NL.
Live performance stream. - 26-05-2022 until 30-05-2022: Exhibition gallerí Korpúlfsstaðir, Reykjavik, IS.
- 17-06-2022: ‘My Self, the Fetus’ at Rotterdam Art Weekend, The Stage, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL.
Live performance, audio work. - June 2022: ‘My Self, the (First) Breath’ in collaboration with artist Leonard van Munster, de Kas, Amsterdam, NL.
Live performance, installation, video work. - Current: ‘My Humanoid Self’
– New work in progress, Iceland, 2022.
Performative micro-docu. - New: ‘I Bruise Like A Peach’ for INTERBELLUM #4.
– Finally launching soon! Stay noticed for the updates.
Live performance, light installation.
Collaboration with artist Sam Janssen and Melting Wang.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
- ‘My Self, the Fetus’ at The Curators Room – La Oficina BCN, Barcelona: March 2022.
- Artist in Resident at Marina Abramovic, Peloponnese, Greece: September 2021.
- ‘My Self, the (First) Breath’ at SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland: March 2021.
- ‘DEFENDER’ / NEW VIEWINGS exhibition with video works ‘…elk rondje is anders during Quarantine’, ‘The Mirror’ and an exclusive online performance of ‘Reframing Conventions’ for INTERBELLUM #1 at Barbara Thumm Galerie, Berlin, Germany: October – December 2020.
- ‘Reframing Conventions during Quarantine’ exhibition at Straight Through The Wall, Williamsburg NYC, USA: September 2020.
- ‘INTERVENING SPACE: The Loft’ video screening at Straight Through The Wall, NYC, USA: April 2020.
- ‘The Mirror’ at Oped Gallery, Tokyo, JP, ‘Reflection’ exhibition: March & April 2020.
- ‘TRANCE’ collaboration with Asian Dope Boys (Tianzhuo Chen) at MWoods Museum, Beijing, CN: October – November 2019. Live performance: 36 hours.
- ‘My Self, the Body’ video screening at Uncensored Festival, London, UK: May 2019.
- Launch of ‘My Self, the Body’ at South By Southwest (SXSW), Austin, TX, USA: March 2018.
- ‘Reframing Conventions’ live performance at Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy: October 2016.
- ‘Reframing Conventions’ live performance and installation at IFFTI Polimoda Conference, Florence, Italy: May 2015.
© Lisette Ros
© Biography by Sara van Bussel
© ‘My Self, the Fetus’ still shot during performance by Charlotte Ros
© Teaser video ‘Reframing Conventions’ for Interbellum #1 by Rob Schröder, Gabrielle Provaas