Manifestation #23: TRUTH
Buro Stedelijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Buro Stedelijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
On view from February 15 to March 31, 2024
Manifestation #23: TRUTH, is a new video and installation piece developed especially for Buro Stedelijk by Miles Greenberg. The Central Space hosts an immersive installation with a large pool, welcoming visitors to wade through its shallow waters. The pool is flanked by three video projections of a newly commissioned work derived from documentation of Greenberg’s spectacular durational performance TRUTH, that took place in May 2023 in New York City at Powerhouse Arts.
Presented as part of a new iteration of the original eponymous performance, this new work documents the impressive 7-hour-long battle of eight sword-wielding performers painted in black oil, dueling in a volcanic, vermillion-colored pool. Enclosed in projections and surrounded by a new edit of the original soundtrack by Chino Amobi, the viewer is invited to enter the pool’s reflective landscape. TRUTH implicates the viewer’s body in the fabric of the installation, making the environment react to their presence. In so doing, Greenberg sets out to challenge the boundaries between performance art, sculpture and installation art in a highly immersive way.
Images courtesy of the artist and Buro Stedelijk.