JOY RIDE | 16 min | 2021
JOY RIDE is a performance expressing the topics of networking, opportunity, self-worth and self-gain.
Christian contemplates in this work about the experiences of gallery openings and the overwhelming emotions that comes with it when taking a chance to move up in the world.
She will limo as a tool to share these thoughts to challenge these topics while gallivanting as a jester around the Glasgow City during the festival. “
BRING IT TO THE TABLE she says
HUBRIS
Christian Noelle Charles, Liv Fontaine, William Joys and Wassili Widmer
As part of the Glasgow International opening programme, Glasgow not-for-profit gallery Civic Room presents Hubris, a programme of performances exploring the human and the nonhuman, featuring new work by Christian Noelle Charles, Liv Fontaine, William Joys, and Wassili Widmer.
In ancient Greece, hubris signified an overreaching arrogance that angered the gods and led to the offender’s downfall. Here, hubris can be an act of transgression, one that challenges social norms in a way that may be inhumane or all too human. Fontaine challenges patriarchal pride and the idea of hysteria; Joys – as a statue – is focused upon his own instability amid social disruption; Widmer reflects on the promise of transhumanism and the limits of representation and desire; and Charles invites audiences on a fantastical joyride, offering an alternative mode of arrival for the launch itself.
Curated by Civic Room
http://www.civicroom.com/