Performance Sara Sadik

As part of a collaboration between public and private institutions, theAcadémie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis presents a performance by French artist Sara Sadik Le cœur qui brûle, sentiments glacés (2023).

Conceived as an extension of the artist’s solo exhibition, Xenon Palace: Crystal Zastrugacurrently on view at Basement Roma, Le cœur qui brûle, sentiments glacés evokes a path of exploration and discovery. Zetrei, the central character played by Émile-Samory Fofana, is a lone wolf who sets off on a journey of self-discovery in the snowy, suspended landscape of a video game, echoing the artist’s latest film. He translates his thoughts, feelings and memories into a journey of affirmation, identity and memory. Sara Sadik’s project will then be presented at Kunsthalle Lissabon at the end of June.

Sara Sadik (b. 1994) is an artist living and working in Marseille, France. Halfway between fiction and documentary, her video and performance work, inspired by video games, science fiction and French rap, features characters facing challenges and seeking moral and physical transformation through initiatory stories. Sara Sadik’s work has been exhibited at Basement Roma and MACRO Museum, Roma; Matadero, Madrid; Sadie Coles HQ, London; Gladstone Gallery, New York; Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin; Lyon Biennale; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

In partnership with :
Basement Roma
Xenon Palace: Crystal Zastruga
Until April 21, 2023

Kunsthalle Lissabon
XenonPalace: Episode 02
June 28 – September 2, 2023