hold me while my mind falters

Puer Deorum x Oitij-jo

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    Untitled Durational Performance at Les Urbaines, 2024, Photos by Cynthia Ammann

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Sat 22 Feb, 2.30pm & 4.30pm

Gallery 2

Monday Closed
Tuesday 11am–6pm
Wednesday 11am–6pm
Thursday 11am–9pm
Friday 11am–6pm
Saturday 11am–6pm
Sunday 11am–6pm

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hold me while my mind falters

Teasing apart the complex, liminal space between romance and friendship, Puer Deorum’s solo-play hold me while my mind falters uses the cello as a metaphor for sapphic longing and bodily experience.

An adaptation of a durational performance activation of their sculpture 2018-2024 Photo Album at Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland in December 2024, in this experimental solo play, Puer Deorum yields a cello in an act of exploration, mediating on its physical capabilities through improvised sound and movement.

Through moving image, performance and prose, they draw us close, blurring the lines between romance, friendship, and intimacy.

This performance will be repeated twice during the day – the first viewing at 2.30pm and the second viewing at 4.30pm.

This performance activates Puer Deorum’s exhibition arms blue, knees bare on show at Whitechapel Gallery from Sat 22 to Sun 23 Feb – find out more here.

This performance is presented by Puer Deorum and done in partnership with Oitij-jo.

About Puer Deorum

Puer Deorum is an interdisciplinary artist whose work balances negotiations between weight and ephemerality, touching upon the omnipresent scope of mortality. Drawing out from their cultural context, and referencing psycho/socio political geographies, they question homogenous ideas around the experience of time, see-sawing between monochronic (linear) and polychronic (fluid) methods. Weaving incantations of love and encapsulating embodied feelings, they tease temporalities through endurance and duration, amplifying (inter)personal experiences through dream sequences and interpretive actions.

Selected sharings of their art include: Serendipity Arts Festival (Goa), Les Urbaines (Lausanne), REProduce, Dystopia Biennial (Berlin), Spitalfields Market (London), Hugo Boss (London), Whitechapel Gallery (London) and Instrument Inventors (The Hague). Solo exhibitions: Filet Gallery (London), Quench Gallery (Margate). Selected awards: Set Studio Prize, and Arts Council DYCP Grant. They curated and produced ELO MELO, a multi-media festival in London across Whitechapel Gallery and Toynbee Hall, with Oitij-jo Collective.

About Oitij-jo

Oitij-jo fosters collaboration among creative practitioners to boost British-Bengali interaction globally. Our mission is to drive social and economic progress by connecting cultures, fostering innovative narratives, and celebrating the rich heritage of the Bengali diaspora since 2013. 

  • Oitij-jo are driving positive social and economic change through connecting cultures which support innovative narratives.
  • Oitij-jo is providing leadership with an aim to enhance opportunities for talented British/Bangla creators & women for employment and entrepreneurship.
  • Oitij-jo are shaping strategic relationships through critical discourse which add value to long-term cultural developments.