Maren Bang works interdisciplinary with a combination of objects, text, film, and performance, oftentimes using the mechanisms of the field to say something about the field itself.
Experimenting with elements from theatre, she explores performance not only as a means for presentation but for production - embodying various narratives while crafting through different mediums and techniques. Her practice addresses topics like control, systems, narratives, and the idea of constructing and reconstructing identities. Find the full CV here
project overview
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE PROJECT
Echo- Morphed Mythologies
2024 | Echo- Morphed Mythologies at Het Tijdelijk Museum of Modern Art (currently located at Huidenclub) is a performative exhibition presenting three artworks produced through three alter-egos of Maren Bang.VIDEO SCULPTURE PERFORMANCE
Morphed Flex
2024 | A part of Echo-Morphed Mythologies in the character of Nolan Meier.As in previous productions, Nolan Meier works with references to gender, identity and expressions of self to create phantasmic and arguably ‘useless’ objects. In ‘Morphed Flex’ he imagines a modern day Narcissus and draws a parallel between the performance of power in the context of bodybuilders and in the context of finance and politics. Working with videoclips of public appearances of his subject, Meier uses repetition of gestures to exaggerate the performance of masculinity to the point of parody. How does the theater of power differ from actual power, if at all? Read more
SCULPTURE PERFORMANCE
SCULPTURE PERFORMANCE
Pull Me In and
Let Me Drown in Your Abyss
2024 | A part of Echo-Morphed Mythologies in the character of Ole Riemann.‘But Narcissus’ body was nowhere to be found. In its place, they discovered a yellow flower with a white corona in its midst.’ (Ovid, 8 AD). ‘Pull Me In and Let Me Drown in Your Abyss’ draws on the myth of Narcissus, who lost himself in his own reflection before undergoing metamorphosis and reappearing as a narcissus flower. In this work, as in others by Riemann, the original function of a carpentry piece is subverted, allowing the object to take on new meaning as a symbolic memento or prop. Read more
SCULPTURE PERFORMANCE
Echo’s Vessels
2024 | A part of Echo-Morphed Mythologies in the character of Marion Nelé.‘Echo’s Vessels’ imagines Echo who, in a desperate attempt to attract the man she loves, creates bait to hold the only thing he has ever loved: his own reflection in the water. The concept of a vessel connects to both the womb and the process of becoming, as well as to urns and the passage of time. Nelé uses clay as an entry point for anthropological exploration, drawing from her fascination with artifacts as vessels of heritage and carriers of tacit knowledge. Read more
PROJECT THESIS
Uncontrollability Or Paranoid Production And Perception
Or You’re So Paranoid You Probably Think This
Project Is About Me
2021 | Why would it be easier to produce three convincing projects under false narratives than manifest a single project based on actual conviction? The project depicts an undefinable, rootless and paranoid field shaped by inferiority complexes that use intellectual, wordy, complicated criticality in an attempt to make itself appear relevant and important.
PROJECT EXHIBITION
Flex for Flux
2021 | A part of Uncontrollability or Paranoid Production and Perception or You’re So Paranoid You Probably Think This Project is About Me.
Flex for Flux critiques gender norms and biases in craftsmanship, questioning if contemporary art and design institutions perpetuate stereotypes. A short-film features a secret male crochet club making biceps as masculine emblems.
PROJECT
Big in Berlin
2023 | "Big in Berlin" features a damaged package and emails with the curator regarding an artwork that never made its way to an exhibition. Depicting the story of a non-exhibit it questions the motivation of both artist and curator to exhibit at all.
GRANT
Talent Development
2023 | Interview by Priscilla de Putter for the Stimuleringsfonds NL in the occasion of the exhibition “The Rest Is Still Unwritten.”
PROJECT Back to Scratch
PROJECT
2020 | Exploring asceticism and the pursuit of a new beginning, this project delves into carving to achieve a perfect fit, using body parts for measurements to rationalize the irrational and enhance a sense of control and order through subjective objectivity.
+47 466 63 964
Huidenclub, Rotterdam, NL