Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi is pleased to present a staging of Anthem, a multi-channel sound installation and sculptural projection featuring the legendary singer, composer, and transgender activist Beverly-Glenn Copeland.
The exhibition is realised with the support of the Stiftung Kunstfonds and the special programme Neustart Kultur.
Originally commissioned for the Guggenheim’s Rotunda space, Anthem draws from lesser-known histories of the word, which are tied to practices of spiritual call-and-response. The film portrait of Glenn-Copeland becomes a polyphonic collaboration woven with contributions from his partner Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland, musician Kelsey Lu, composer Asma Maroof, and performer Tosh Basco.
Anthem highlights the central role that collaboration plays in Wu Tsang’s practice, exemplifying how she utilises it as an aesthetic strategy for undoing conventional narratives and modes of authorship. Tsang frequently works with a “roving band” of interdisciplinary artists called Moved by the Motion, cofounded in 2016 with Tosh Basco.
As an independent recording artist, Glenn-Copeland’s career spans over 50 years. He is most well known for his pioneering experimentations in electronic music, which were ‘rediscovered’ in 2015 with the cassette tape Keyboard Fantasies (1986), now a cult classic.
ANTHEM (2021)
A FILM BY WU TSANG
IN COLLABORATION WITH BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND
Featuring Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland
Musical Accompaniment by Kelsey Lu
Arranged by Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda
Movement Direction by Tosh Basco
Directed by Wu Tsang
Produced by Tosh Basco
Produced by Jason Levangie and Mark Tetreault
Executive Producers: David Codikow and Nadja Rangel
Director of Photography: Paul McCurdy
1st Assistant Camera: Riley Turner
2nd Assistant Camera: Jacob MacDougall
B Camera Operator/DMT: Tim Mombourquette
Gaffer: Mark Kenny
Grips/LX: Stuart Rankin and Dave Hutchins
Art Director: Michael Pierson
Costumes: Peter Do
Styling: Kyle Luu
Wardrobe Assistant: Sarah Haydon Roy
Makeup: Charlotte Gavaris
Hair: Mallory Glenn
Production Assistant: Pierre Hache
Driver: Izzy Muschol
Catering: Lisa Barry and Courtnay MacMullin
Sound Recordist: Francisco Lopes
Editor: Wu Tsang
Sound Mixer: John Herberman
Sound Design: Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda
Sound Spatialization: Cy X and Dave Rife
Colorist: Randy Coonfield
Post Production: Blueline Finishing
SPECIAL THANKS
X Zhu-Nowell, Liyu Yeo, Ellen Kirk, Nick O’Byrne, Lookout Kid Records, Third Side Publishing, Ship’s Company Theater, James Early, Posy Dixon, Lucie Rebeyrol, and Fred Moten
Contact
T +49—30—26 39 76 20
F +49—30—26 39 76 229
E info(at)bortolozzi.com
Subscribe to our newsletter here →
Schöneberger Ufer 61
10785 Berlin, Germany
Directions