Laurence Wasser’s practice revolves around two main axes, one taking the form of video- and photo-based installations (often in collaboration with Jade Smith), the other combining performance and music. Combining social critique and a contemplative relationship with the world, he seeks to question our relationship with reality through the production of “ghost-objects” often based on a principle of tautology, and performances based on repetitive chanting and glossolalia. A particular sensitivity to places and landscapes has also led him to develop a practice of wandering and drifting, which he transcribes into photos and videos.
Laurence intends to take advantage of his residency at SOMA to launch a new cycle of work, at once an intimate interrogation and a questioning of our role in the current political situation. In keeping with SOMA’s role as a public space, he has invited a number of friends to put forward proposals, giving rise to the idea of making SOMA a kind of ephemeral cabaret, a space for dialogue and an attempt to reinvest the political field through artistic practices, or to repoliticize them, as the case may be. Laurence Wasser’s practice revolves around two main axes, one taking the form of video and photographic installations (often in collaboration with Jade Smith), the other combining performance and music. Combining social critique and a contemplative relationship with the world, he seeks to question our relationship with reality through the production of “ghost–objects“ often based on a principle of tautology, and performances based on repetitive chanting and glossolalia. A particular sensitivity to places and landscapes has also led him to develop a practice of wandering and drifting, which he transcribes into photos and videos.
Laurence intends to take advantage of his residency at SOMA to launch a new cycle of work, at once an intimate interrogation and a questioning of our role in the current political situation. In keeping with SOMA’s role as a public space, he has invited a number of friends to put forward proposals, giving rise to the idea of making SOMA a kind of ephemeral cabaret, a space for dialogue and an attempt to reinvest the political field through artistic practices, or to repoliticize them, as the case may be. There will be: concerts, readings, discussions, workshops...
