Performance
Wayward Chant (Prelude)
Ligia Lewis: I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…
Ligia Lewis, Wayward Chant, live performance, Ligia Lewis: I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…, Gropius Bau, 2025 © Gropius Bau, photo: Rosa Merk
Figures appear and disappear as Western church music collides with blues-like melodic details: As part of the exhibition Ligia Lewis: I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…, Wayward Chant (Prelude) performances take place in the Gropius Bau’s freely accessible atrium every Friday through Sunday. A chorus explores the intersections of sound and movement, continually creating fleeting choreographies.
Vocal incantation meets a visually stark space, haunted by feelings of alienation, collective uncertainty and the power of assembly. How, and under what conditions, can we truly see and recognise one another? Over the course of the exhibition, Wayward Chant unfolds iteratively and seemingly in passing.
You can find more information about the work in the exhibition texts for Ligia Lewis: I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR….
Artistic Team
Ligia Lewis – Concept, Choreography, Artistic Direction, Text
George Lewis Jr. aka Twin Shadow, Wynne Bennett – Original Musical Composition
Moritz Freudenberg, Ligia Lewis – Video
Sandra Blatterer, Joseph Wegmann – Lighting Design
Boglárka Börcsök – Outside Eye
Godlive Lawani - Stane Performing Arts Management – Production Management
SADAK – Costume Design
Neda Sanai – Sound Design
Performers
Navild Acosta, La Uyi Ihasee, Nasheeka Nedsreal, Nima Aida Séne