Lykke Sønderkær
Connecting Body: 7 Days of Practising Transformation and Preservation

Opening – 27th March 2019, 6 until 9pm

Exhibition continues until 4th April 2019
Performance – 28th March to 3rd April 2019, 2pm daily

Catalyst Arts is proud to present Connecting Body: 7 Days of Practising Transformation and Preservation in a White Cube, a solo exhibition of new work by Belfast-based Danish artist Lykke Sønderkær from 28th March to 4th April 2019.

Connecting Body: 7 Days of Practising Transformation and Preservation in a White Cube takes the form of a time-based exhibition crossing modes of representation between site-specific intervention, live performance and archival art. Each day for a duration of seven consecutive days, Sønderkær creates a performance as a ritual bridging the connections between human body and organic materiality with spatial character of the gallery. Exploring the symbolic idea of the Four Elements and Seven Chakras, Sønderkær seeks to discover our sensual awareness of the physical world and beyond.

Daily performances are captured, recorded and displayed in the immediate environment alongside the following ephemeral art to be unfolded in space. With references to each Chakra per day, the space accumulates performances and nourishes a body of archive leading up to the Eighth and final day, the exhibition presents itself as a state of oneness, preserving all directions of time and encompassing all interconnected frozen moments and material resonance.

Lykke Sønderkær was born in 1993 in Copenhagen. Always having pursued art, she traveled to Scotland in 2014 to study Art and Contemporary Practice and Philosophy at Dundee University. She recently graduated from Ulster University in Fine Art where she was shortlisted for RDS Visual Awards 2018 for her performance work. Recent shows include solo exhibition at Pollen Studios and Gallery; group show at MART Gallery, Vaults Art Studio, RDS Dublin and Engine Room Gallery Belfast.