Curatorial tour: Ooooooooo-pus

Katalin Ladik is a Central and Eastern European pioneer in experimental poetry, sound and performance art. Since the 1960s, she has used both the body and voice as tools and materials to create art. She has brought together visual poetry with her experimental sound practice and positioned herself at the intersection of various established and new performance traditions, from theatre and film to happenings and rituals.

“Ooooooooo-pus” highlights how Ladik’s diverse practice is permeated with religious, folkloric and mythological motifs, which run like a red thread throughout the exhibition. Language, nationalism, gender, femininity, the body and technology are deeply mythological and ever-present in Ladik’s art.