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Chalet Society inaugurates its 2015 international program with a first stop in Los Angeles and presents

Le Triomphe de la Renommée
Concept, text & performance by
Marie-Caroline Hominal
January 29 – 31, 2015 / del vaz projects

Curated by Patrick Steffen

With this project, Chalet Society invites curators, artists, and cultural producers, to collaborate with us and use the Chalet Society as a tool to develop their own projects in the spirit of an open source initiative.

Le Triomphe de la Renommée is one of a collection of six poems by Italian poet Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), titled I Trionfi, describing the phases of life by opposing virtues in duels: « Fame » wins over « Death » but is defeated by « Time » and « Eternity. » In a small room within a domestic environment, evoking the intimate space of a backstage of a Theatre, the artist Marie-Caroline Hominal welcomes one guest at a time, playing with the codes of theatrical artifice to deliver an intense and intimate one-to-one encounter.

Marie-Caroline Hominal, aka MCH, aka Silver, aka Berries, aka Fly Girl, is a dancer, choreographer, and performer currently based in Geneva. Her practice includes video, songwriting, music, choreography, and performance. Recently, she has developed a series of one-to-one performances such as Hôtel Oloffson (2013) and Le Triomphe de la Renommée (2013), as well as full length performances such as Ballet (2014) and Patricia Poses by the Pop Machine (2011). As a dancer she has collaborated with Tanztheater Basel, Irène Tassembedo, Blanca Li, Gisèle Vienne, Gilles Jobin, La Ribot, and Marco Berrettini. She was a guest performer for Human Writes (2005) by William Forsythe and B.O.B. (2004) by Dick Wong. Read more

Patrick Steffen is a writer and curator based in Los Angeles. Past projects include Laughing Hole by Maria Laribot at LACMA (2013), Duchesses by Francois Chaignaud and Marie-Caroline Hominal at Night Gallery (2013), and Jerk by Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper, at MOCA Grand Avenue (2013).

Dates:
Thursday 29 January from 12pm-6pm
Friday 30 January from 3pm-10pm
Saturday 31 January from 3pm-10pm
Duration of each performance: 15 min
To set up an appointment contact rsvp@chaletsociety.org

Location:
del vaz projects
1600 Westgate Avenue / Apartment #208
Los Angeles, CA 90025