Claustrophobic Seduction

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Thurs., Jan. 8
Attack Theatre dancers return to Carnegie Museum of Art for Phase Two of Remainder, a 10-month process/performance inspired by Life on Mars.

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Additional screening Thursdays at 5:00 p.m.
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Running time: 138 min.
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Kai Althoff's untitled installation seduces the viewer with a strange scent drawing them into a carnivorous red room that is foreboding yet provokes the viewer to question and explore this foreign space.

This carnviorous room with glossy curved plexi-glass walls devours a tall female doll, who stands erect at the center of the room, draped in an orange dress like a toga. She is surrounded by a red framework of scaffolding where a man's navy blue suit jacket hangs on a wooden hanger along with deep blue and purple fabric cascading onto the floor.

On the floor a pair of scissors, a spool of thread, a red glass bottle, and other objects are strewn across the ground. When standing at the far left of the room the female figure seems to glare devilishly at you and if you move to the far right of the room she softly gazes to the side.

In front of the figure is a large rectangular resin sculpture divided by a trench that churns an intoxicating thick pink liquid. This is "a scene rife with sexuality and potentially demonic revelations."

The installation is an erotic and intense reflection of Althoff's strong connection to past German artists. Their influence is evident in his art, especially the sexual explicit work of Egon Schiele.

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