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:

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

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

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.