Choreographing LeWitt, 2017
Watching Abigail Levine dance/draw the 3744 lines making up Sol Lewitt’s ‘Wall Drawing 56,’ I was struck by the feeling that I was in a training camp for something essential toward fixing the present moment. —Chloë Bass, Women & Performance
Restagings No. 1: Choreographing LeWitt is a 30-hour, five-day choreographed execution of Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing # 56. In a 12 x 12’ square, Levine performs the Wall Drawing one line at a time, following LeWitt’s instructions as he wrote them. As the drawing is performed, the dancer’s lines are amplified and routed to speakers spread throughout the space, creating a sonic archive that accumulates as the work is produced.
Choreography and performance: Abigail Levine
Sound Design: Dave Ruder
Duration: 30 hours
Fridman Gallery, NYC | July 23-27, 2017
PRESS
- Line by Line (by Line), Recreating a LeWitt. Siobhan Burke. The New York Times
- Restagings No. 1: Choreographing LeWitt. Chloë Bass. Women & Performance
- A Performance of Sol LeWitt’s Drawing Instructions. Elisa Wouk Almino. Hyperallergic
- Lining Up: Abigail Levine Performs at Fridman Gallery. Eva Yaa Asantewaa. Infinite Body
- Put This on your Radar—July 18, 2017. Martha Sherman. Dance Log NYC
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