Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow)
2023
Benjamin Sebastian performing Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow) at Ugly Duck. Video documentation by Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance. 2023
Ugly Duck (London)
Solo Performance - 20 mins duration.
ABOUT:
Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow) was a prelude to Sebastian's (since realised) touring exhibition: Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light - on the occasion of the co-operative programmes: PRETTY DOOMED (Ugly Duck & Queer Art Projects) and FACET (VSSL Studio).
➣ Iris Colomb’s written response
Solo Performance - 20 mins duration.
ABOUT:
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
― Carl Gustav Jung
➣ Iris Colomb’s written response










Benjamin Sebastian performing ‘Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow)’ at Ugly Duck. Video stills by Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance. 2023









Benjamin Sebastian performing ‘Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow)’ at Ugly Duck. Video stills by Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance. 2023
MATERIALS:
Voice, eco-glitter (silver), mirrored hoodwood & brass bell, sclera lenses (black) coconut oil, chrome cock cage, matches, fire, lighter fluid, black t-shirt dress, tin bucket, mirror ball spotlight (blue filter).
CREDITS:
Commissioned by VSSL Studio in partnership with Ugly Duck, Queer Art Projects and ]performance s p a c e [. Video documentation by Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance. Made possible with public funding from Arts Council England. Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow) has been aquired under consignment by LUCID.
Voice, eco-glitter (silver), mirrored hoodwood & brass bell, sclera lenses (black) coconut oil, chrome cock cage, matches, fire, lighter fluid, black t-shirt dress, tin bucket, mirror ball spotlight (blue filter).
CREDITS:
Commissioned by VSSL Studio in partnership with Ugly Duck, Queer Art Projects and ]performance s p a c e [. Video documentation by Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance. Made possible with public funding from Arts Council England. Calling Back The Light (Holding The Shadow) has been aquired under consignment by LUCID.

