Six people holding guitars are dramatically lit in red on a dark stage, with some standing and others crouched or kneeling, creating an intense, moody atmosphere.

Prep School: TakeMeHome

Dimitri Chamblas and Kim Gordon have been collaborating since they were introduced by a mutual friend, artist Francesca Gabbiani, in 2018. Initially taking the form of improvised duets in a variety of settings, including museums and art galleries, their collaboration has developed into larger-scale formats without losing the immediacy of that initial energy and connection. Learn more about their work together, and Studio Chamblas.

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  • Fri Nov 17 – Sat Nov 18, 2023

TAKEMEHOME: Dimitri Chamblas & Kim Gordon

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Recommended readings to get you in gear for the show.

  • Georgina Born, Eric Lewis and Will Straw, editors, Improvisation and Social Aesthetics. Duke University Press, 2017. 
  • Andy Hamilton & Lara Pearson, editors, The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Music and the Arts: Spontaneity, Flaws and the Unfinished. Bloomsbury, 2021. 
  • André Lepecki, Singularities: Dance in the Age of Performance. Routledge, 2016.
  • Helen Julia Minors, Music, Dance and Translation. Bloomsbury, 2023.
  • Megan V. Nicely, Experimental Dance and the Somatics of Language Thinking in Micromovement. Palgrave Macmillan 2023. 

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EVERYDAY EXPRESSION: DIMITRI CHAMBLAS & KIM GORDON ON MOVEMENT, SOUND AND PERFORMANCE

“We have this friend, she had an exhibition and she kind of invited, or proposed [this duo with Kim]. So I thought: ‘What could be strong?’ And I wouldn’t even say it was to collaborate but just to make something together.”

Liquid Music | Dec 12, 2018(opens in a new tab)

Homeward Bound: “TakeMeHome” Review

By turns, provocative, enigmatic, stunning, stirring, singular and, well, something else again. … As mysterious as it was brilliant.

Fjord | Nov 8, 2023(opens in a new tab)

IN ‘TAKEMEHOME,’ A CHOREOGRAPHER CONSIDERS THE INVISIBLE

Created in collaboration with artist and musician Kim Gordon, formerly of Sonic Youth, “takemehome” considers invisible or forgotten people that society might be quick to deem unproductive.

All-Arts | Nov 15, 2023(opens in a new tab)

BEHIND THE MUSIC

Spend more time with Kim Gordon’s music – in the past 10 years, she’s worked on a number of collaborations and solo albums – or read an excerpt from her award-winning memoir; or explore her visual art career. She puts the “cool” in “collaborative and interdisciplinary”!