حياة عادية / La Vie Ordinaire / Ordinary Life - Marrakech Bienalle 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 12:09PM 
حياة عادية /La Vie Ordinaire/Ordinary Life
An immersive performance by Matthew Stone and Phoebe Collings-James
02/03/2012
9 pm - 11.30pm
Hammam el-Bacha
Note: Exact timing of strictly women-only and men-only performances tbc. Please enquire at Rhiad el-Fenn, Marrakech in person for further details and booking.
Capacity is severely limited.
Special thanks to Rick Owens & Michele Lamy.
Thanks to the boutique of Mustapha Blaoue in Marrakech.
#EverythingisPossible #LoveChangesEverything
Marrakech Biennale 4th Biennale - Surrender
29th February - 4th March 2012
An International gathering of performance, screening and debate
Higher Atlas (Exhibition): 29th February - End of May 2012
Curated by Nadim Samman and Carson Chan
The Marrakech Biennale is pleased to announce the dates for the 4th Edition of the Marrakech Biennale, 29thFebruary- 4th March with the Main Visual Arts Exhibitions running from the 29th February - End of May.
Marrakech Biennale works to form cultural bridges and dialogues creating a forum for debate, free thinking and the exchange of ideas through contemporary Visual Art, Literature and Film. The opening 5 days will be titled Surrender and will consist of Performances, Debates, Talks and Screenings as well as the opening of the Main Visual Arts Exhibition.
For more information on the 4th Edition of the Marrakech Biennale click here.
[Matthew Stone]
We have approached this work with interconnection rather than cultural difference in mind. Whilst individual contemporary cultural ideas exist about the body and its representation, the physical bodily experience of our immersive performance for an audience within a functioning hammam is abstract and as yet undefined. We aren’t consciously remixing Morrocan culture, but beggining a genuine experiment within an exciting and unique context, both architecturally and environmentally. In the conversations we have had with Morrocans, we found that they drew conceptual parralels between our intentions for the performance and aspects of Sufi mysticism. I think we’d find something of our intention in every culture. The structure of the sound we are producing for the performance draws on what are essentially archaic ecstasy techniques, except we have replaced shamanic drum patterns with computer generated electronic tones.
The Body Beyond
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 12:25PM
The Body Beyond will be Matthew Stone’s first published collection of photographs and is available in a strictly limited edition of 1,000 hardback copies from January 2012.
132 pages / 235 x 180 mm / English / 2011
Limited Edition of 1,000
€43 + €8 Shipping and handling
Further information: Press Release PDF (1.4MB)
Optimism as Cultural Rebellion - The Hole Gallery - NYC
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:39PM 
Install view of ‘Optimism as Cultural Rebellion’ at The Hole Gallery in New York.
Left: ‘Diverse Energies’ - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood and brass hinges. Right: ‘Polymorphous Love Diagram (Unfolds) - 2011
Left: ‘Diverse Energies’ - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood and brass hinges.
L’Origine des Mondes - 2010-2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood and timber, fabric straps.
Installation view (Various titles).
Installation view (Various titles).
Back: ‘Unconditional Commitment to Sacred Love’ - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood. Front: ‘Veil’ - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood and fabric.
‘Rules Forever’ - 2011 - Oak timber, brass hinges and photographic prints on birch plywood.
Installation view (various titles).
Installation view (various titles).
A Precious Fleeting Foam - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood.
‘Soul Retrieval’ - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood.
Void invert - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood.
Collective Order (Open Heart) - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood.
Open Force - 2011 - Photographic print on birch plywood.