One weekend only: A Choreographic Exhibition, Ula Sickle

For one weekend only, on May 3 & 4, Polish Canadian artist Ula Sickle takes over NW with a live exhibition merging choreography, performance, and visual arts. Sickle has developed an internationally recognized practice that explores movement as both a cultural archive and a political act. Her work, presented at major institutions and festivals, interrogates how bodies encode, resist, and transmit ideology.

A Choreographic Exhibition is not a retrospective but a work of sampling, where fragments of past performances—including Free Gestures (2018), Relay (2018), The Sadness (2020-22), Echoic Choir (2021), and Holding Present (2023)—are edited, reassembled, collaged, and set in motion throughout the building.

On the occasion of A Choreographic Exhibition, Info~Angel, an ongoing series of archival presentations, revisits Viewmaster, a collaboration between choreographers Ula Sickle, Heike Langsdorf, and architect Laurent Liefooghe, presented in Netwerk in 2007. Created specifically for the space now occupied by NW’s cinema, Viewmaster explored pre-cinema technology through the use of the 19th-century optical illusion known as the 'Pepper’s Ghost' effect. This Info~Angel explores the intersections of performance, film, and scenography in Viewmaster, which continue to shape Sickle’s practice. It also highlights NW’s early engagement with film and performance, a focus that remains central to its programming today.

The different works in the exhibition will run continuously and simultaneously on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May, from 13:00 to 18:00.

NW has a 'Pay what you can' policy for exhibition tickets. Secure your spot via the ticket button, or buy your ticket on the day of your choice at the reception desk.