HELEN MARTEN: 30 Blizzards. | Presented by Miu Miu

Art Basel Paris 2025
October 22–26

Marten’s first performance, 30 Blizzards. is physically structured around a new counterpoint between five sculptures and five newly conceived videos, each of which obliquely reference chronological stages of life. The title 30 Blizzards. derives from thirty characters—thirty performers—each instilled with their own temperament; their unique, emotional weather.

In a choreographed performance conceived in close collaboration with theater and opera director Fabio Cherstich, with sound and music composed by Beatrice Dillon, the figures within the space do not play characters in the conventional sense, but rather embody structures, functions or trajectories. Each is named and themed from diverse points of influence: weather systems, animals, archetypal characters, or others termed with pure gesture or feeling, expressive of lyrical or social intent.

Online registration for exhibition guided tours and panel conversations (taking place on October 22) will be available on miumiu.com in October.