Léuli Eshrāghi: ‘Sogi Mai’
Léuli Eshrāghi, Sogi Mai, 2016. Single-channel video, stereo sound, HD, colour, 1 min. All rights reserved by the artist
About the Work
A performance and a video, Sogi Mai features the artist exploring spaces of intimacy through the practice of sogi (so-ngi) with peers from diverse backgrounds. The sacred sharing of breath to greet and affirm each other’s mana – cumulative energy and presence – this gesture here references Eshrāghi’s time in residency in the mountains and valleys of Blackfoot, Stoney Nakota and Tsuu T’ina territory within Banff National Park, Canada.
About the Artist
Léuli Eshrāghi (b.1986; based in Montréal, Québec, Canada) belongs to the Sāmoan clans Seumanutafa and Tautua. Their practice prioritizes global Indigenous, Asian and Black art and design, sensual and spoken languages, and ceremonial-political acts. Eshrāghi has presented major works at Cinéma Moderne, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Tate Modern, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Galerie de l’Université de Montréal, and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, among others. They have notably exhibited as part of the biennials, The National 4 (2023); MOMENTA Biennale de l’image (2021); 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020); and Sharjah Biennial 14 (2019). Their work is held in the Royal Bank of Canada and Fonds régional d’art contemporain collections, and in private collections in Canada, Australia and Norfolk Island.
About EMAP x FRIEZE FILM SEOUL
For the third year in a row, Frieze Film returns to Frieze Seoul 2024. This year’s programme is presented in partnership with Ewha Media Art Presentation (EMAP) and on view from 2 – 6 September at Ewha Womans University and online at frieze.com.
Curated by Joowon Park and Valentine Umansky, this year’s programme is titled ‘All that Weaves the Universe: Of Quantum Entanglements’. It brings together time-based media works of 37 international artists, unfolding across eight chapters.
