6. May 2026. For the opening of CRITICAL FRIENDS, Lorena Izquierdo presented a series of performative interventions that traversed the exhibition space, activating and destabilizing the logic of collecting. She questions how, as objects are extended beyond their original function, collecting becomes both a method and a subject of inquiry. Through voice, body, and audience interaction, the artist brought the impulse to preserve into tension with its absurd dimensions. Through accumulation, repetition, and displacement, the performance interrogated value, classification, and the urge to collect, revealing its invisible structures and inherent contradictions.
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Für die Eröffnung von CRITICAL FRIENDS präsentierte Lorena Izquierdo eine Reihe performativer Interventionen, die den Ausstellungsraum durchquerten und die Logik des Sammelns aktivierten und destabilisierten. Sie untersucht, wie das Sammeln – indem Objekte über ihre ursprüngliche Funktion hinaus erweitert werden – sowohl zur Methode als auch zum Gegenstand der Auseinandersetzung wird. Durch Stimme, Körper und Interaktion mit dem Publikum brachte die Künstlerin den Impuls des Bewahrens mit seinen absurden Dimensionen in Spannung. Mittels Akkumulation, Wiederholung und Verschiebung befragte die Performance Wert, Klassifikation und den Drang zu sammeln und legte dabei ihre unsichtbaren Strukturen und inhärenten Widersprüche offen.
Valencian performance artist, poet, and vocalist Lorena Izquierdo trained in butoh and improvisation, with additional studies in cello and photography. She holds degrees in Art History and Philosophy, as well as a Master’s in Artistic Practices in Fine Arts, specializing in Performance. Her work explores the body, voice, poetry, sound, space, and time, often engaging unconventional relationships with everyday objects. Her practice spans action and voice-based poetry in solo, duo, and collective formats. Alongside her artistic work, she conducts theoretical research and writes on experimental art. She has collaborated extensively with artists and musicians across disciplines, presenting her work internationally through performances, exhibitions, workshops, and curatorial projects.
