For this new edition, LOOP Fair adapts its format to offer yet another physical experience and an exceptional meeting point for the ever growing moving image community. The iconic modernist building by Antoni Gaudí – “Casa Milà” – will provide the ideal venue to set up a dynamic display of the latest contributions to moving image creation.
Maintaining the Fair’s intimate atmosphere and familiar spirit, the selection will feature the participation of 27 international galleries and artists selected by an international committee. With an exhibition-like format, from installations to single channel screenings, the Fair will showcase multiple works, testifying to the ductility of video as a creative and critical tool.
In Drown, Chen Qiulin uses tofu - a traditional Chinese food ingredient and a cultural symbol, fragile in nature - as her creative medium, combining installations, body performance, live sound creation, and video output to visually showcase the human presence. Through exploring fragility and struggle under the pandemic induced confinement, Chen sets out to re-examine the reflections of female identity and local traditions in the context of a global epidemic which has highlighted and exacerbated geopolitical constraints and cultural conflicts.
