Zero Gravity

532 Gallery is proud to present the first U.S. solo show of performance artist Nadja Verena Marcin. This exhibition is held concurrently with the landmark fifth biennial of PERFORMA in New York City.

A highlight of the show will be the world premiere of Triple F, a video of a turbulent future society where the relationships of mind and body are out of control. Inspired by the 1976 science-fiction cult film Logan’s Run, Triple F explores a world ruled by three women through their thoughts. It was shot in Germany at the neo-Renaissance Rheda castle, ’70s shopping mall Marler Stern, and historical brewery Dortmunder U. Its production was supported by Film and Media Foundation NRW, Düsseldorf.

The 532 Gallery show will also feature Zero Gravity, a stunning piece of performance art that imaginatively combines art and science. Floating weightless in a plane over Florida, Marcin revisits Friedrich Nietzsche’s Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft, going beyond the assertion that “God is dead” to explore the deep emotional quality of the text: “What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging continually? Backward, sideward, forward in any direction? Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing?” Zero Gravity is a work of art that takes the audience to a new level of consciousness of both body and mind. It is sponsored by Aurora Aerospace, Florida,and WARP, Belgium.

Born in Germany, Marcin received her MFA from Columbia University, New York after graduating with honors from Academy of Fine Arts, Münster. Marcin’s creations are exhibited in museums, art spaces/galleries and distinguished collections worldwide. Her work has been selected for grants, global biennials and film festivals, including: Middle Gate Geel ‘13, Belgium, Kunsthuis Yellow Art, 2013; Coup de Ville, 2013 Belgium; VOLTA9, Basel, Switzerland 2013; Hudson Valley Contemporary Art Center, 2013; ZKM- Museum for Art and Media, 2012;  DAAD, New York, 2011;’Qui Vive?’ Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow MOMA, 2010; ARTWORKinternational, Inc. Grant, 2010; Salon/Screening, ICA Philadelphia, 2010; Uncontrollable Flesh, Berkley Art Museum, 2010; Short-Term Deviation, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York; Kaunas Biennale, National Museum, 2009; Videonale 11& 10, Kunstmuseum, Bonn; Mediations Biennale, Poznan, 2008; Models of Self-Reflection, AZKM, Muenster, 2008; FIFA-Festival pour Film sur L’Art, Montreal, 2008; EJECT-Ex teresa arte actual, Mexico City; Fulbright Award, 2007; and Jumpnights, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, 2007