John Tilbury

John Tilbury / Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjørgeengen - Sissel (SOFA)

John Tilbury / Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjørgeengen - Sissel (SOFA)

It is impossible to begin with anything other than death. Two deaths have been placed, as it were, in advance of the piece itself: one, in the painting from Poussin’s later period, which serves as the ‘text’ of the performance. The other is the passing of Bjørgeengen’s wife—for whom the piece is named—just weeks before the date of the performance.