Marina Abramović & MAI
In Dialogue with Joseph Beuys
The Loop
Marina Abramović & Marina Abramović Institute (MAI) in Dialogue with Joseph Beuys
Museum Schloss Moyland - Bedburg-Hau, Germany
Co-creation with Luisa Sancho Escanero (Spain/Germany) and Evan Macrae Williams (Canada/Germany)
Exhibition curated by Serge le Borgne (France), Billy Zhao (USA), and Antje-Britt Mählmann (Germany)
Performance: 29 July - 10 August 2025
Exhibition: 13 July - 26 October 2025
Three artists present a long durational performance that combines the ephemeral nature of performance art and dance. In a choreographic loop, they reinterpret the artistic work of Joseph Beuys. The choreography is based on Beuys' drawings, interviews and actions centred on dance and the body. These elements are translated into movement and supplemented with projections, texts and off-screen voices that deepen the meaning. The result is a dramaturgically powerful combination of gesture, action and narrative. Beuys' depictions of bodies and their abilities inspire the visual design of the performance. The boundaries between art and dance are blurred to form an abstract narrative cosmology that makes Beuys' work tangible as dance and evokes realisation in the audience. Beuys' existing materials form the base of this work. Dance brings his art to life not as a mere representation, but as a visionary view of the present and the future. The choreography invites the audience to re-imagine Beuys' work and thus transform the past into the present.









