EVENT 04.06.2023 / 6.30pm–7.30pm

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Melati Suryodarmo and Present to Presence artists 

Panel Discussion

Join Melati Suryodarmo and artists who have participated in the Present to Presence performance art laboratory for a panel discussion, during which they discuss their experience of taking part in the project and their concluding performances. Dr Linzi Stauvers, Acting Artistic Director, Education at Ikon, chairs the event.

Present to Presence performance art laboratory artists:

Kelvin Atmadibrata, Selina Bonelli, Alastair MacLennan, Sinéad O’Donnell, Ratu R. Saraswati, Marintan Sirait

Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

This exhibition is supported by Bagri Foundation, British Council through the Connections Through Culture grants programme, Birmingham City University, University of Leeds, and the Melati Suryodarmo Exhibition Circle: A.I. Gallery; ShanghART, Tanya Michele Amador and Michiel Verhoeven; and Michelangelo and Lourdes Samson.

It is developed in collaboration with Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN), Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Event Details

Second Floor Galleries

Free entry, donations welcome.

Booking essential.

This is a seated event.

Information on Ikon Gallery’s accessibility is available here

For additional access enquiries please contact education@ikon-gallery.org

A British Sign Language interpreter can be provided. Please contact us at least 10 working days in advance of the event to request a BSL interpreter

VENUE

Ikon Gallery

1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS

Image Credits

1. Melati Suryodarmo Membran (2019) Photographic exhibition print, lamba on aluminium dibond, 119 x 80 cm Courtesy of the artist. 2. Melati Suryodarmo Portrait B&W Courtesy the Artist 3. Dr Linzi Stauvers. Image courtesy Ikon.

Events/Performance 22.06.2023–31.08.2023 / 2.00pm–5.00pm

Kleidungsaffe

Kleidungsaffe (Clothes Ape) is a delegated durational performance, first performed and created by Melati Suryodarmo in 2006. For three hours, a performer wraps their legs and arms around a tree of clothes – a 6.2 metres high pillar wrapped in colourful garments donated by Collection 4 Clothes, a West Midlands ethical recycling organisation.

Performance 17.05.2023 / 2.00pm–4.00pm

Sweet Dreams Sweet

For the opening of Melati Suryodarmo’s first UK solo exhibition, Passionate Pilgrim, her two-hour delegated work Sweet Dreams Sweet (2013) is performed by a group of young women from Birmingham.

Events/Performance 19.05.2023 / 10.00am–10.00pm

Melati Suryodarmo: I'm a Ghost in My Own House

Melati Suryodarmo performs her 12-hour solo durational performance, I’m a Ghost in My Own House (2012).

Talk 01.06.2023 / 3.00pm–4.00pm

Alastair MacLennan

PRESENT TO PRESENCE - PERFORMANCE ART LABORATORY

Alastair MacLennan delivers a performance lecture in Present to Presence, a performance art laboratory including Indonesian and UK-based artists. Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

Events/Performance 02.06.2023 / 3.00pm–5.00pm

Sinéad O’Donnell

PRESENT TO PRESENCE - PERFORMANCE ART LABORATORY

Sinéad O’Donnell performs in Present to Presence, a performance art laboratory including Indonesian and UK-based artists. Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

Events/Screening 01.06.2023 / 6.30pm–7.30pm

Marintan Sirait

PRESENT TO PRESENCE - PERFORMANCE ART LABORATORY

Ikon screens a pre-recorded performance by Marintan Sirait in Present to Presence, a performance art laboratory including Indonesian and UK-based artists. Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

Events/Performance 03.06.2023 / 3.00pm–5.00pm

Selina Bonelli

PRESENT TO PRESENCE - PERFORMANCE ART LABORATORY

Selina Bonelli performs in Present to Presence, a performance art laboratory including Indonesian and UK-based artists. Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

Events/Performance 04.06.2023 / 2.00pm–3.00pm

Ratu R. Saraswati

PRESENT TO PRESENCE - PERFORMANCE ART LABORATORY

Ratu R. Saraswati performs in Present to Presence, a performance art laboratory including Indonesian and UK-based artists. Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

Events/Performance 02.06.2023 / 12.00pm–12.40pm

Kelvin Atmadibrata

Present to Presence - Performance Art Laboratory

Kelvin Atmadibrata performs in Present to Presence, a performance art laboratory including Indonesian and UK-based artists. Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

Events/Performance 03.06.2023 / 6.30pm–7.30pm

Alastair MacLennan

PRESENT TO PRESENCE - PERFORMANCE ART LABORATORY

Alastair MacLennan performs in Present to Presence, a performance art laboratory including Indonesian and UK-based artists. Presented as part of Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim (17 May – 3 September 2023).

Exhibitions 25.05.2023

Melati Suryodarmo

Passionate Pilgrim

Last week we launched our new exhibition with Melati Suryodarmo, Passionate Pilgrim. Melati Suryodarmo is one of Indonesia’s most important living artists, known for her strenuous durational performances that last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body

Events/Performance 10.08.2023 / 4.00pm–8.00pm

melissandre varin

Vivid Projects + Ikon Performance Art Laboratory

melissandre varin performs in Vivid Projects + Ikon, a performance art laboratory (10-13 August 2023).

Events/Performance 10.08.2023 / 2.20pm–3.00pm

Emily Scarrott with Ikon Youth Programme

Vivid Projects + Ikon Performance Art Laboratory

Not Lost At Sea is the result of Emily Scarrott’s workshop with Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) which encourages thought about how to unpick performances and think about the ecological components of an artwork through responsive practice.