House of L

  • Pigpen movie
    Photo: Takeo Hibino

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Saeborg creates latex body suits as extensions of her own skin, deploying them in performances. Motivated by her strong desire to transcend fixed identities (such as gender), and even the human body itself, she dons toy-like sow or insect bodysuits, creating worlds inhabited by livestock cheerfully living at the bottom of the food chain.

At Aichi Triennale 2019, Saeborg will create her first theatrical installation--a living room inhabited by creepy-cute livestock characters. What will it be like for us, humans invited into a space of dollhouse-like innocence, to spend time with these strange animals?

Saeborg

  • Born 1981 in Toyama, Japan
  • Based in Tokyo, Japan
  • Photo: ZIGEN

Saeborg creates latex body suits as extensions of her own skin, deploying them in performances. Motivated by her strong desire to transcend fixed identities (such as gender) and even the human body itself, she dons bodysuits that caricature sows or insects as toy-like figures, creating playful dystopias composed of the ecosystem's basest creatures. The lives of livestock--their procreative activity, the delivery of their offspring--are strictly managed, and then they're sent off to the slaughterhouse. In Saeborg's work, this world is portrayed with an innocent cheerfulness, resulting in a sense of irony. All of her pieces to present have been shown in international exhibitions and museums in both Japan and abroad, following premieres at the Tokyo fetish party Department-H.

Selected Works & Awards

2019 Dark Mofo 2019, Avalon Theatre, Hobart, Australia
2018 6th Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece
2018 TAG: Proposals on Queer Play and the Ways Forward, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2016 Roppongi Art Night 2016, Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 The 17th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, Toshiko Okamoto Award

Information

Dates Sat, Aug 31 & Sun, Sep 1, 12:00~18:00
Tue, Sep 3, - Fri, Sep 6, 18:00~21:00
Sat, Sep 7, &Sun, Sep 8, 12:00~18:00
* Closed on Mon, Sep 2
Estimated viewing time 30 min or longer

PHOTO

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Saeborg_07 Saeborg_08 Saeborg_09

Photo: Masahiro Hasunuma

Ticket

Ticket prices Adults ¥1,500
U25 ¥1,000
U18 ¥500
Note Children below school age are admitted free.
Free admission on the day of visit.
Entrance restrictions will apply if the venue reaches capacity.

Map

Aichi Prefectural Art Theater / Large Rehearsal room (B2)

Address

Aichi Arts Center B2F
1-13-2 Higashisakura,Higashi-ku, Nagoya
461-8525 JAPAN

Access

・5 minutes on foot from Sakae Station on the Higashiyama Subway Line or Meijo Subway Line.
・5 minutes on foot from Sakae-Machi Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line.

Inquiries

+81-52-971-6111