we're delighted to announce the publication of @artnews article, 'award-winning south african artist gabrielle goliath makes her u.s.debut with stunning dallas installation' . “chorus is about community, about gathering-to,” goliath said. “it is not a work of exceptionalism but one that recognises that to undo the crisis-norm of sexualized, racialized, patriarchal violence, and to realize the world differently requires that each and every one of us recognise our implication within a world of others, and the bearing that implies – across difference, across borders, across our capacity to ‘relate’ – indeed, across all that may otherwise separate (and ‘exonerate’) us.” the video performance in chorus was filmed days before the first lockdown in response to the covid-19 pandemic in late march 2020. the timing, according to goliath, meant that she completed the work in johannesburg, where she is based, under “strange and isolated conditions.” the pandemic affected chorus in other ways. the work was originally meant to debut at kochi-muziris biennale, india’s largest art exhibition, in december 2020, but the show was postponed due to the pandemic. instead, the work debuted in cape town, which given mrwetyana’s status as a uct student and the role of the university choir in the piece, was “very meaningful,” according to goliath. the piece will appear at the long-delayed biennale in kochi this december. the decision to present chorus at dallas contemporary is the result of “many conversations” with emily edwards, the museum’s assistant curator, according to goliath. edwards reached out after hearing about elegy; the pandemic interrupted initial plans for an exhibit but it also “allowed for a deeper, longer conversation,” goliath said. . read the full article on our dc press page. chorus will be on view at dallas contemporary from 25 september to 19 march, 2023 . image, gabrielle goliath, chorus, 2021, 2-channel video + sound installation, goodman gallery cape town. photo by hayden phipps