A Hand’s Turn
Lenio Kaklea

“A Hand’s Turn” is a publication of Lenio Kaklea, accompanying her performance “A Hand’s Turn”. In this book the choreographer investigates functional, political, and symbolic dimensions of the left-right division, examining the tension between face and mask, body and face.

“Our gestures might carry stories of which we are unconscious. In the so-called primitive societies, one could not have a face if one did not wear a mask. In contemporary Western democracies, the opposite holds true: Individuals can experience identity only by maintaining an uncovered face. If the quest for transparency has become the core of our liberal democracies and a trivial tool of state control, how do our bodies remain opaque and mysterious, after all?” —Lenio Kaklea

Edited by Lenio Kaklea
Curatorial collaboration by Lou Forster
Design by Studio Lialios Vazoura

Language: English
Pages: 208 pages
Format: 130×200mm
Binding: Softcover, unsewn, cold glue, layflat
Edition: 200 copies

May, 2017

ISBN: 978-618-83082-1-3