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FAUST with Maxwell Sterling, The Swedenborg Society, London, 2025
Crocodile Cradle, PEER, London, 2021
Deitch Projects’s The Art Parade, New York, 2007
A Space for Conversation, Tate Modern, London, 2000
The Impossibility of Stillness, Platform,London, 2000
Moretti/Boetti, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, 1999
Interlude, Platform, London, 1999
Homage to Piero Manzoni, Serpentine Gallery, London, 1998
FAUST
Simon Moretti and Maxwell Sterling featuring F.W. Murnau
The Swedenborg Society is pleased to announce a screening of F W Murnau’s Faust—Eine Deutsche Volkssage (1926, 107 mins), as part of the programme to accompany Simon Moretti’s exhibition Hereafter. The evening will feature a screening of Murnau’s silent masterpiece, accompanied by a live, improvisational long-form musical composition by double bassist and composer Maxwell Sterling.
Set against the evocative backdrop of Swedenborg Hall, Sterling will draw inspiration from the film to create a unique auditory experience that complements Murnau’s haunting visuals. The film, rooted in Goethe’s narrative and German folklore, explores profound spiritual themes, including the fall from grace and the quest for redemption. It tells the timeless story of Faust, a man who makes a pact with the devil (Mephisto) in his desperate pursuit for power over the earthly realm. This captivating fusion of film and live music promises to be an enchanting evening that marries the ethereal with the gothic.
F.W.Murnau's Faust—Eine Deutsche Volkssage (1926, 107 mins),
Crocodile Cradle, book launch at PEER,London, 02/09/2021
Hermione Gulliford performing Crocodile Cradle
Crocodile Cradle, PEER,London, 2021
The Actor Alastair Mackenzie performing Crocodile Cradle
The Impossibility of Stillness, Platform,London, 2000
The artist dealing with the challenge of stillness, on display with the company of two electric fans, polystyrene spheres, a safety blanket and an image of the gallery in its previous existence pinned on the wall.
Photo Effie Paleologou and Sheila Lawson
Interlude, Platform, London, 1999
Performance documentation
The artist making and unmaking, creating arrangements with found objects for the duration of 6 hours with the company of a video camera, Salome the resident cat and the audience
photo Effie Paleologou
Moretti/Boetti
Performance documentation, Sept 1999
The artist re-enacting an early performance by Alighiero e Boetti
Laure Genillard Gallery, LondonPhoto Effie Paleologou
Homage to Piero Manzoni
Performance documentation
The artist re-enacting The Consumption of Dynamic Art by the Art-devouring Public by Piero Manzoni
Serpentine Gallery, London
April 1999
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