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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are happy to invite you to the Opening Day of
ANOUK KRUITHOF. UNIVERSAL TONGUE (24.04.-30.10.2022)
on Sunday, 24 April 2022 at Museum Tinguely.
- The exhibition will be open from 11 am-8 pm.
- The artist and the curator will be present on that day and will give an introduction (in English) to the exhibition at 12 pm.
Fascinated by the diversity of dance videos circulating online, Anouk Kruithof set out on a digital-archaeological exploration of digital imagery creating the video installation Universal Tongue (2018). The Dutch artist has been studying dance as a worldwide cultural phenomenon sedimented in YouTube videos and together with her team of fifty helpers has compiled some 8,800 films.
The result is a video installation, a four-hour-long selection of the most diverse dance styles for solo dancers, pairs, and groups. The diverse modes of expression in this kaleidoscope of virtuosity, joie de vivre, and ritual enactment make it at once touching and fascinating and will be shown together with the work Ice Cry Baby (2017) in the exhibition ANOUK KRUITHOF. UNIVERSAL TONGUE from 24 April to 30 October 2022 at Museum Tinguely.
Please find further details online:
>> www.tinguely.ch
>> www.universaltongue.com
A publication accompanies the project Universal Tongue: an encyclopedia of 1000 dance styles from around the world - from Abakuá dance (Cuba) to Zydeco (USA), which has been reissued for Basel and is available in the museum shop.
No registration is required to attend the Opening Day. For further information, including interview requests with the artist or the curator Roland Wetzel, please contact us in advance via tinguelybasel.presse@roche.com and we will be happy to coordinate an appointment for you on this day between 11 am and 8 pm.
For further details about the Opening Day:
>> Read the programme
Looking forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to this exceptional event on what we hope will be a nice spring-like Sunday.
Yours sincerely,
Isabelle Beilfuss
Head of Communication, Museum Tinguely
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