Not as simple as it sounds

‘Not as simple as it sounds’, offers an intimate and powerful act of mourning dedicated to each one of the estimated 100,000 homosexuals who were discriminated against, imprisoned and killed during the Holocaust.

The artist, with contributions from the audience, is repeatedly playing a triangle instrument for 6 days, each day for 8 hours straight, in order to exceed 100,000 strikes.

If you feel inclined to actively participate in the action, you are invited to grab a beater and play a triangle for as long as you like. Please keep track of the number of strikes you perform and note them down in the guest book before leaving: all together we will reach the final goal.

Artist Bio

Ivan Lupi (born 1972, Ferrara, Italy). Masters in Queer Studies in Arts and Culture from the Birmingham University. Since 2001 Lupi has been an active member of the collective Amae with which he has taken part in various collaborations and exhibitions in Asia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Since 2016 Lupi started performing solo, showing his work in Switzerland, Lithuania, United States, India, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The most relevant events: ‘The Voice and the Lens’ – Whitechapel Art Gallery (London 2014), ‘The Slip of the Tongue’ – Palazzo Grassi Punta della Dogana (Venice 2015), ‘Transformations’ by LiVEART.US – Queens Museum (New York 2016), ‘Visualeyez Annual Festival of Performance art’ – Latitude 53 Art Gallery (Edmonton 2017), ‘Performance Art Week Aotearoa’ (Wellington 2018), ‘Performance Arcade’ (Wellington 2019), ‘Towards the forest’ – The Vivian gallery (Matakana 2019), ‘WTF!?’ – Museum of Transport and Technology (Auckland 2019), ‘Auckland Pride Festival’ – The Audio Foundation (Auckland, 2021), ‘Midsumma Festival’ – Testing Grounds (Melbourne, 2023).