Dance Traces – Ritualistic Action-paintings is a series of ten performances to happen between the summer of 2020 and the summer of 2022. It is inspired by the African Yoruba mythology and the paintings are dedicated to the orishas (Yoruba deities). The Yoruba community spans the modern states of Nigeria, Benin and Togo, but is highly influential on the Afro-Brazilians. Sandro applies acrylic paint on large canvas using his own body in direct contact with the paint and the canvas. The painting style is abstract expressionism and the dance expression is Japanese butoh. Music by izemz band
Production History:
Kulturmødet Mors 2020, 22nd August – performance and interview to Simone Aaberg Kærn. Address: ONLINE.
LABYRINTH group exhibition 2020, 19th and 20th September – performance and artist talk. Address: Brolandingerne, Havnegade 15, 9400 Nørresundby.
Dance Traces – Ritualistic Action-painting 2020, 20th November – performance ONLINE. Address: Nordjyllands Kunstnerværksted.
Online Performance Art Festival 2020, 19th December – performance ONLINE. Address: Nordjyllands Kunstnerværksted.
Photos: Rikke Ehlers Nielsson at Labyrinth group exhibition Aalborg, 19.09.2020
This project is kindly supported by Statens Kunstfond, Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen and Aalborg Municipality
