21 pornographies
Mette Ingvartsen
Presented by Arts House and RISING
Wed 1 – Sat 4 Jun, 2022
Wed – Fri, 9pm
Sat, 5.30pm
Post-show Q&A with Mette Ingvartsen —
Sat 4 June, 6.50pm (approximate start)
Open discussion with 21 Pornographies‘ Mette Ingvartsen on the research, development and context of the work. Led by acclaimed choreographer and RISING board member Amrita Hepi (Bundjulung/Ngapuhi).
Duration
70min
Tickets
General Admission $50
Concession $45
BLAKTIX $25
A small transaction fee will be charged per order.
Warnings
Restricted to audiences 18+
This performance contains nudity, child abuse references, simulated sexual acts, urination, smoke/haze, loud noises and strobe lighting.
Meat Market
3 Blackwood St
North Melbourne
Read our COVID-19 Safety Plan here.
Assistance Animal
Companion Card
Quiet Space Available
Wheelchair AccessibleDomination, submission and observation. A one-woman power play confronting pornography’s pervasive creep.
Pornography is a pervasive beast. Obviously there’s untold hours of filmed sex online, but more insidious incarnations too, from eroticised advertisements for household staples to sexually-degrading wartime torture.
In 21 pornographies, Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen embarks on a no-holds-barred, one woman exploration of power, submission and observation. Often bearing little connection to explicit sex, Ingvartsen’s performance evokes the clinical precision, violence and cruelty of pornography-as well as its thrill, titillation and banal humour.
On a stark, LED-lit set, Ingvartsen wields her physicality in choreographed vignettes, interspersed with bracing monologues on the nature of the pornographic. 21 pornographies is a visceral experience for both performer and audience.
Artist Statement
Starting from the idea that pornography has leaked into many areas of society, Mette Ingvartsen explores the operations of the pornographic through a collection of erotic and affective materials. Most of them have little to do with explicit sex, yet they show some characteristics of the pornographic: expressions of cruelty, clinical precision, violence and pain, but sometimes also of laughter, excitement and thrill. By mixing physical action with narrative descriptions, a speculative choreography is created. The experiences that the viewer might undergo in this performance extend from imaginary to intense visceral sensations.
- Mette Ingvartsen
Credits
Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen
Sound design: Peter Lenaerts
Set: Mette Ingvartsen & Minna Tiikkainen
Dramaturgy: Bojana Cvejic
Technical Director: Hans Meijer
Assistant choreography: Dolores Hulan
Assistants production: Manon Haase & Elisabeth Hirner
Sound technician: Filip Vilhelmsson
A production of Great Investment
Co-production: Volksbühne (Berlin), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Kaaitheater (Brussels), Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk), Les Spectacles vivants-Centre Pompidou (Paris), Dansehallerne (Copenhagen), BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), Julidans (Amsterdam), CCN2- Centre choregraphique national de Grenoble
Supported by
Nanterre-Amandiers, Centre Dramatique National, Musee de la Danse/Centre Choregraphique National de Rennes et de Bretagne & Kustenwerkplaats Pianofabriek
Funded by The Flemish Authorities, The Flemish Community Commission (VGC) & The Danish Arts Council.
Presented by Arts House and RISING
Wed 1 – Sat 4 Jun, 2022
Wed – Fri, 9pm
Sat, 5.30pm
Post-show Q&A with Mette Ingvartsen —
Sat 4 June, 6.50pm (approximate start)
Open discussion with 21 Pornographies‘ Mette Ingvartsen on the research, development and context of the work. Led by acclaimed choreographer and RISING board member Amrita Hepi (Bundjulung/Ngapuhi).
Duration
70min
Tickets
General Admission $50
Concession $45
BLAKTIX $25
A small transaction fee will be charged per order.
Warnings
Restricted to audiences 18+
This performance contains nudity, child abuse references, simulated sexual acts, urination, smoke/haze, loud noises and strobe lighting.
Meat Market
3 Blackwood St
North Melbourne
Read our COVID-19 Safety Plan here.
Assistance Animal Companion Card Quiet Space Available Wheelchair AccessibleImage credit: Jens Sethzman
Image description: A woman kneels on a black stage wearing black pants and black boots with a black strap on their bicep. They have long brown hair tied up in a knot with a fringe and are shirtless. They are holding out their right arm as if they are yelling.
