Name: Intermissions: Nour Mobarak
Start: 2022-11-12T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2022-11-13T18:00:00-06:00
Location: The Renaissance Society

Intermissions: Nour Mobarak

The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago presents contemporary art exhibitions, events, and publications. “The Ren”—as we are known by many—is an independent, non-collecting museum driven by an uncompromising commitment to artists and their ideas. All exhibitions and events are free and open to the public.We offer artists the time, space, resources, and freedom that are vital for ambitious experimentation and risk-taking. Our work with artists frequently results in newly commissioned art, and their presentations in our 3,000 sq ft gallery spur further scholarly and creative reflections in our publications and public programs.Visitors to the Ren find a uniquely intimate platform for encountering artistic expressions that give form to, challenge, and complicate currents in contemporary thought. Events—including artist talks, lectures, screenings, concerts, readings, and more—offer further opportunities for discovery and discussion.

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Nour Mobarak transforms the Renaissance Society into an instrument controlled by her movements, activated over two days of live performance.

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T﻿hese performances take place over the course of two days: first from 6-9pm on Saturday, November 12, and again from 3-6pm on Sunday, November 13. Each will be driven by improvisation and live experimentation, and the two performances may differ in unexpected ways. Audience members may come and go freely throughout each day’s three-hour session.Walk-ins are welcome, but advance registration is highly encouraged.In recent performances, sound installations, and inventive works online, Nour Mobarak has used her body as an instrument, her voice as a guide, and often technology in a graceful supporting role. For this newly commissioned sound and performance piece, developed specifically for the Renaissance Society’s resonant, cathedral-like space, Mobarak extends these ideas and methods from past works and takes them in new directions. On two consecutive days, Mobarak manipulates sound in the space through her position and movement, turning the empty gallery into a de facto collaborator, an instrument of its own, and a site of improvisation and live experimentation. This project is produced as a collaboration between the Renaissance Society and <a href="https://lampo.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lampo</a>, and conceived as a momentary merging of the Ren’s Intermissions series and Lampo’s long-running performance series dedicated to experimental sound.Organized by Andrew Fenchel and Karsten Lund with Michael Harrison.<a href="https://www.nour.computer/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nour Mobarak</a> (b. 1985, Cairo, Egypt), who lives and works in Los Angeles and Athens, Greece, works across sound, performance, video, sculpture, and writing. Her works have been exhibited at JOAN, Los Angeles; Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York; KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga; Hakuna Matata Sculpture Garden, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Cubitt Gallery, London; and Rodeo Gallery, London. Her performances have taken place at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; LAXART, Los Angeles; Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York; Stadslimeit, Antwerp; and other venues. Mobarak’s music has been released by Recital (Los Angeles), Cafe Oto’s TakuRoku (London), and Ultra Eczema (Antwerp) and her poetry and other writing has appeared in Triple Canopy, F.R. David, The Claudius App, and the Salzburg Review.Intermissions launched in January 2017 as a new programming series devoted to ephemeral and performative works, staged in the Renaissance Society’s empty gallery in between exhibitions. This recurring platform presents two events every year, supporting a wide variety of live projects.

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