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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20231020
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/fact-jenkin-van-zyl/
SUMMARY:FACT: FACT: Jenkin Van Zyl
DESCRIPTION:\n\nComing soon. Surrender (2023) invites you into Jenkin Van
  Zyl's psychotropic film-world centred around an endurance dance marathon\
 , and the cryptid lore of the "rat king"\n\n\n\n\n\nJenkin van Zyl’s wor
 k invites us to consider the common anxieties of our society\, and how the
 y may be influencing the culture of our present and future. Exploring idea
 s of productivity\, escapism and community\, Surrender (2023) brings us 
 into Jenkin’s hallucinatory film-world\, centred around a gruelling endu
 rance dance marathon and the cryptid lore of the ‘rat king’. Spilling 
 across the ground floor galleries\, Jenkin transforms these spaces into im
 mersive environments\, from a dancefloor inside the belly of a rat\, to an
  energy drink-lined trophy room.\nInside the ballroom\, an endlessly loopi
 ng film follows the experience of GRACE\, a visitor to the Paradise Engine
 ering Endurance Partnership (P.E.E.P.) Hotel. Inspired by the transient na
 ture of Japanese love hotels - short-stay fantastical spaces that can be b
 ooked by the hour for “rest” - GRACE checks in and begins to compete\,
  along with other paired couples\, in a series of increasingly strange tou
 rnaments that play with the limitations and expansiveness of the body. Fue
 lled by an endless stream of ‘Limitless’ branded energy drinks\, it’
 s unclear whether GRACE’s drive to participate emerges from an insatiabl
 e yearning\, or from a desire for community\, oblivion\, or victory in the
  marathon.\n\n\n\n\nThrough these works\, Jenkin questions ideas of indiv
 iduality and collectivity: community-building fosters belonging\, allyship
  and resistance\, but often neoliberal frameworks pit us against each othe
 r for basic survival. Surrender evokes a sense of menace and anxiety tha
 t reflects the needs and fears of our current moment - our need for produc
 tivity and success competes with our desire for community\, at the cost of
  exhaustion and\, ultimately\, surrender.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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LOCATION:FACT\, 88 Wood Street\, Liverpool\, L1 4DQ\, Liverpool\, United Ki
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