'A Cause Unknown'

Created 2025 in collaboration with Lara Smithson

 

An exhibition at Des Bains featuring the artwork of Lara Smithson including a dance film exploring the themes of Lara's work.

 

"Cause Unknown—an answer to the question, the result of an investigation, or the negation of a cure? Lara Smithson’s work explores historical and contemporary contradictions between health, ritual, religious fervor and guilt, divine and political power, and the impact of these discrepancies on the human condition. The exhibition of fabric drawings forms a set for her video installation, within which she examines two misunderstood medical phenomena from opposing periods of time: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Choreomania (the dancing plague)."

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Dancers & Choreographers: Cydney Ellis & Liam Woodvine

Directed & Edited by: Lara Smithson

Sound Design: Harry Smithson

Music: sung by Isabelle Pead

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For more information about the work visit the artist's website:

https://www.larasmithson.com/cause-unknown

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