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Adelita Husni Bey

Adelita Husni-Bey is an artist and pedagogue invested in anarcho-collectivism, theater, and critical legal studies. She organizes workshops and produces publications, broadcasts, and exhibition work using non-competitive pedagogical models through the framework of contemporary art. Involving activists, architects, jurists, schoolchildren, spoken-word poets, actors, urbanists, physical therapists, students, and teachers, her work consists of making sites in which to practice collectively. Her work was part of the Italian pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, 2017, and her most recent solo exhibition was These Conditions, 2022, Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York for Vera List Center fellowship program with a project centred on the radical changes in social relations brought about by responses to past and current pandemics and Maktspill, Kunsthall Bergen, 2020. She has participated in Trainings for the Not Yet, BAK, Utrecht, 2020, Being: New Photography 2018, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2018; Dreamlands, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016; The Eighth Climate, 11th Gwangju Biennale, 2015; Really Useful Knowledge, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, 2014. 

BIO
A Theory of Combat

A Theory of Combat, 2023

oil on canvas
53 × 65 cm

Sungir (blue)

Sungir (blue), 2023

Oil on canvas
37,5 × 66,5 cm

Sungir (orange)

Sungir (orange), 2023

Oil on canvas
35,5 × 61 cm

Cronaca del tempo ripetuto (A Chronicle of Histories Repeating)

Cronaca del tempo ripetuto (A Chronicle of Histories Repeating), 2021

immersive five-channel audio installation, Dolby Digital, 5.1 surround sound, 38 min., and libretto

On necessary work

On necessary work, 2021

film installation, metal mesh, LED light, HD video, Zoom and mobile phone footage 3

Mr_Nothing

Mr_Nothing, 2019

oil on canvas
120,5 × 91,5 cm

Woods

Woods, 2019

oil on canvas
30 × 40 cm

crying king - archetype III (study)

crying king - archetype III (study), 2017

indian ink and acrylic on paper
55,5 × 71 cm

Matrice

Matrice, 2017

indian ink on paper
38 × 28 cm

matrice - (coloured)

matrice - (coloured), 2017

indian ink and acrylic on paper
38 × 28 cm

Petrolio

Petrolio, 2017

charcoal and acrylic on paper
61 × 45,5 cm

Prosthesis - Agricolture

Prosthesis - Agricolture, 2017

indian ink and acrylic on paper
71 × 55,5 cm

Prosthesis - Meat

Prosthesis - Meat, 2017

indian ink and acrylic on paper
71 × 55,5 cm

prosthetic (small)

prosthetic (small), 2017

indian ink and crayon on paper
28 × 38 cm

The reading / La Seduta

The reading / La Seduta, 2017

single channel 4K video installation, 7.1 Dolby surround, with silicone props, 15:33” on loop

Encounters on pain

Encounters on pain, 2016-2022

Installation, ink on medical papers

La Luna in Folle

La Luna in Folle , 2016

3 channel video installation resulting from collective theater-writing workshop, handpainted rotating stage: wood, oil and acrylic paint, LED lights, electronic parts and circular dolly track

Wave in the well

Wave in the well, 2016

inkjet prints on wallpaper
100 × 150 cm

Wave in the well

Wave in the well, 2016

inkjet prints on wallpaper
100 × 150 cm

Wave in the well

Wave in the well, 2016

inkjet prints on wallpaper
100 × 150 cm

Wave in the well

Wave in the well, 2016

inkjet prints on wallpaper
100 × 150 cm

Wave in the well

Wave in the well, 2016

inkjet prints on wallpaper
111,76 × 177,8 cm

Wave in the well

Wave in the well, 2016

inkjet prints on wallpaper
100 × 150 cm

Wave in the well

Wave in the well, 2016

inkjet prints on wallpaper
100 × 150 cm

2265

2265, 2015

2 channel installation, HD video, color, sound
12‘

After the Finish Line

After the Finish Line, 2015

4K video, color, sound
12‘39‘‘

The convention on the use of space

The convention on the use of space, 2015

6 screen-printed posters with hand-written notes and corrections
100 × 140 cm

Ard

Ard, 2014

Video, colour, audio
23’20’’

White Paper: the land

White Paper: the land, 2014

architectural model and video
175 × 265 × 125 cm

Working for a world free of poverty

Working for a world free of poverty, 2014

c-print mounted on leger; series of 6 photos
70 × 100 cm

(On) Difficult terms

(On) Difficult terms , 2013

MP3 audio, 40‘, Series of 15 photographs, B&W digital print and acrylic ink on archive paper; 30x40 cm
21 × 30 cm

The Jealous State

The Jealous State, 2013

Black and white photograph, 140 x 166 cm and dislocated audio piece, duration 40”20’

Esercizi d'interpretazione

Esercizi d'interpretazione, 2011

mixed media on paper
70 × 100 cm

Esercizi d'interpretazione

Esercizi d'interpretazione, 2011

mixed media on paper
70 × 100 cm

Esercizi d'interpretazione

Esercizi d'interpretazione, 2011

mixed media on paper
70 × 100 cm

Esercizi d'interpretazione

Esercizi d'interpretazione, 2011

mixed media on paper
70 × 100 cm

I Want the Sun I Want

I Want the Sun I Want, 2011

16mm lm transferred to DVD, Original language: French (English/ Italian subtitles) - series of 3 posters
09‘25’‘

La montagna verde(Anadiomene)

La montagna verde(Anadiomene), 2011

VHS transfered to DVD
10‘

Postcards from the desert island

Postcards from the desert island, 2011

SD video transfered to DVD, 22‘23‘‘ oil on canvas, cm 150X250
22‘23‘‘

Room for a Void

Room for a Void, 2011

silver based print, book
40 × 30 cm

The Sleepers

The Sleepers, 2011

oil on canvas
350 × 165 cm

Gestures of labour

Gestures of labour, 2010

silent video, S8 transferred to DVD
5‘39‘‘

Lethe

Lethe, 2010

S8 transfered to DVD (5 monitors)
4‘20‘‘ loop

Clays Lane Live Archive

Clays Lane Live Archive, 2009-2012

archive held at Bishopsgate Institute, London

Lessons from the twilight kingdom I

Lessons from the twilight kingdom I, 2009

mixed media on paper
146 × 100 cm

Mouth

Mouth, 2009

c-print
100 × 70 cm

Principless of geometry

Principless of geometry, 2009

crayon on paper
15 × 12 cm

Story of the heavens and our planet

Story of the heavens and our planet, 2008

S8 Trasferred to DVD
7‘07‘‘

Treesitting Archive

Treesitting Archive, 2007

series of 5 c-print,
70 × 70 cm