Trauma Bar und Kino introduces Angel One – a club night platform showcasing current performance and visual arts alongside challenging musical line ups.

Paradox [live]
John T. Gast [live]
Smokey [Apeiron Crew]
Alobhe [live]
Dorothy Parker

00:30⎜Performative installation: Sequence #01
Concept by Elza Ozolīte and Killian Butler

Visual installations by Kévin Bray

Sequence #01 by Elza Ozolīte and Killian Butler
[ @elizaozolina ] [ @killianbutler ]
With their first collaboration, the artists Elza Ozolīte and Killian Butler continue their artistic research on the perception and construction of persona, traditional roles within society, and idealised beauty. Their artistic practice consists of merging mediums organically in a chaotic amalgamation, including sculpture, performance, video and photography. This work in particular is a commentary on domesticity and a continuation of the exploration of the themes of hedonism, ritualistic behaviors, perversion of the persona and distortion/dismantling of perceived/unattainable perfection based on societal pressure and custom. A central feature of the piece is the female body and the voyeuristic gaze > the viewer as the voyeur. Elements of guilt, embarrassment and shame are brought to the surface, shown through the figure; both the physical performer and the projected performer, hiding beneath a skin-like covering while performing almost-sexualised movements, the covering acting as a protective veil between viewer and performer.

Kévin Bray
[ @bray_kevin ]
This Amsterdam-based artist is just finishing a 2 year residency at the acclaimed Rijksakademie. His work oscillates between several mediums through which he questions the existence of the image and its modes of production. After attempting to understand the form and language of a particular medium, he applies these codes to another medium, blurring the lines and challenging perception.
His video work acts as a collage more than montage, showing the links and gaps between the layers involved in the making of the images. You can see which tools, layers, and mediums he uses — making his videos almost transparent and involving the viewer in the creative process.