Pianka Pärna + Paul Regan [Wednesday]

Pianka Pärna with Leo Chapman, Nando Messias, Claudia Palazzo + Wet Mess

CURTAIN CALL is a new performance blending ballet & live art within the contexts of post-Soviet displacement & queer identity, deconstructing classical forms to question perfection, survival & belonging. 

Pianka Pärna is a non-binary post-Soviet artist from Estonia, exploring Baltic/Slavic mythologies, queer grief & gender non-conformity through performance. Their body-based practise intertwines folklore, ritual, mythological storytelling, and endurance to challenge hegemonic heteronormative narratives & post-Soviet cultural silencing while engaging in un/worlding—balancing creation, disintegration & collective transformation.

Paul Regan

Paul Regan [b. Dublin 1970] has a background in painting and image making, holds MA in Visual Arts Practices IADT Dublin. Recurring themes in his work pertain to faith, religion, ritual, cultural identity and misappropriation. In recent years, he has developed a live performance practice to expand on ideas of compulsive action through site-specific interventions and activism. He has presented and performed at several international platforms including Manifesta [Zurich], The Venice Biennale, Art Basel Miami, Documenta, Venice International Performance Art Week, PAB Open Bergen [NO], Performance Crossings Prague, Riga Sculpture Quadrennial, Performensk [Minsk], National Palace of Culture Sofia [BG], Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart [DE].