Taboo Durag

Working with Glasgow International 2021’s theme of Attention the Roberts Institute of Art presented a programme of new work from Paul Maheke, Lina Lapelytė and Nina Beier.

Each artist developed different registers of attention throughout the programme, whether through the presence of personal trauma, unexpected phenomena or the vulnerability of a changing world. The programme at GI draws on the Roberts Institute of Art’s history of developing dynamic performance work and marked the beginning of a new phase in the direction as the organisation collaborates across the UK with institutional partners to share artists’ work more broadly and to wider audiences.

Paul Maheke’s Taboo Durag (2021) was a performance work that explored the porous interface between vulnerability and resilience. A dance solo unfolds different narrative and choreographic registers with a score that swells up through bass-heavy ambience and vocals.

Taboo Durag

Artist Paul Maheke
Soundtrack Simon Maheke with Paul Maheke

Curated by The Roberts Institute of Art

Cinematographer Ambroise Leclerc from Paradax Period
Video editor Ambroise Leclerc from Paradax Period
Production assistants Natasha Ruwona and Tomiwa Folorunso
With special thanks to Stephanie Busson and the team at SGW3, Glasgow

Supported by Fluxus Art Projects