Lisson Gallery

Allora & Calzadilla at The Cleveland Museum of Art

3 January 2017

A three-day series of performances of Lifespan will take place 6–8 January at The Cleveland Museum of Art.

In this unique performance, a Hadean-period rock sample, estimated to be more than 4 billion years old, hangs from the ceiling. During performances, this rock is “played” by three vocalists whistling and breathing, which subtly moves the rock like a pendulum. The singers’ breaths, acting as a poetic form of wind erosion, bring humans into close contact with this rock sample.

Commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fabric Workshop for their major exhibition by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, David Lang’s Lifespan connects the present moment with that of the earth’s origins—a time when there were no witnesses to the planet’s geological transformation.

Performance schedule

Friday, 6 January
4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30 pm

Saturday and Sunday, 7 and 8 January
12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 pm


Allora & Calzadilla at The Cleveland Museum of Art
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