Lionel Popkin: Reorient the Orient (Frieze Preview)

Frieze audiences can enjoy a sneak peek at the latest dance and exhibition work from Lionel Popkin, recently named interim dean of UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture.

REDCAT galleries will be open 12-6 Friday March 1 through Sunday March, 3, with a performance piece on Saturday, March 2 at 4 pm.

Ticketed performances run March 9-10.

Part performance event, durational installation, and social agitation, Reorient the Orient is renowned choreographer and performer Lionel Popkin’s response to the dubious history of interculturalism. Seeking to expand the discourse on how brown South Asian bodies inhabit contemporary art and performance spaces, Popkin draws from his nearly 30-year archive of dance-making. In REDCAT’s theater and gallery, dancers, videos, archival materials, rugs, sculptures, neon yellow wiffle balls, and the headpiece from an elephant costume invite audiences to make their way, choosing where to be and what to see.

Image: Still from Six Positions on Uncertainty (2020) directed by Lionel Popkin – courtesy of the artist