Nina Canell
Black Light (for Ten Performers)
2008

In conjunction with The New Mineral, Nina Canell will realise Black Light (For Ten Performers) – a project which has been specially commissioned by the Twodo collection. Both sculptural intervention and an experiential collective, the work will materialise by the interconnectivity of ten synchronised black-outs in the participant’s geographically disparate homes. Triggered at irregular intervals by the artist, Black Light (For Ten Performers) will run for twelve calendar months.

Nina Canell was born in Växjo, Sweden (1979) and currently lives in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Paradise [31] (The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin), Walking on No-Top Hill (Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin) and Digging a Hole (ICA, London). Her work has also been included in several international group exhibitions such as All That Is Solid Melts Into Air (MuHKA, Mechelen), Gwangju Biennale: Annual Report (Gwangju) and Manifesta 7 – The European Biennale of Contemporary Art (Trentino).