The Malady of Death
2008-ongoing
The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Noma Dumezweni
Staged reading in English
November 3-4, 2023
Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Complete reading of Marguerite Duras’ novella The Malady of Death, 1982, ca 75 min.
A Performa Commission, Performa 2023 Biennial
Photo: Walter Wlodarczyk
The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Irene Azuela
Staging project in Spanish
January 23, 2016
Cenote Tza-Ujun-Kat, Homún, Mexico
Adapted from Marguerite Duras’ novella La Maladie de la mort, 1982, ca 42 min.
Commissioned by kurimanzutto, Mexico City
Photo: Heinz Peter Knes
The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Yau Ching
Staged reading in Cantonese
December 5, 2015
Sunbeam Theatre, Hong Kong
Complete reading of Marguerite Duras’ novella La Maladie de la mort, 1982, ca. 75 min.
Commissioned by M+ for Mobile M+: Live Art
Photo: CPAK Studio
The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Hon Lai-chu
Staged reading in Cantonese
December 4, 2015
Sunbeam Theatre, Hong Kong
Complete reading of Marguerite Duras’ novella La Maladie de la mort, 1982, ca. 75 min.
Commissioned by M+ for Mobile M+: Live Art
Photo: CPAK Studio
The Malady of Death
Publication project in Chinese
2015
Traditional Chinese translation by Sonia Au Kai-Lai of Marguerite Duras’ novella La Maladie de la mort (Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982)
Published by M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Marguerite Duras Retrospective
Screening program
April 26 – June 26, 2013
Haus der Kunst and Film Museum Munich
(In the framework of
Der Öffentlichkeit – von den Freunden Haus der Kunst: solo exhibition)
Related publications:
Haegue Yang: Accommodating the Epic Dispersion – On Non-cathartic Volume of Dispersion (Cologne: Walther König, 2013)
Filmmuseum München, Vol. 24, 2013
The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Jeanne Balibar
Staging project in English
June 7, 2012
Staatstheater Kassel
Adapted from Marguerite Duras' novella La Maladie de la mort, 1982, ca. 80 min
Commissioned by dOCUMENTA (13)
Related publication: The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Jeanne Balibar (Kassel: dOCUMENTA(13), 2012)
Photo: Krzysztof Zieliński
Video: Studio Haegue Yang
Voice
Duras screening program
September 13-19, 2010
CineCode Sonje
(In the framework of
Voice Over Three: solo exhibition)
Related publication: Haegue Yang: Voice Over Three (Seoul: Hyunsilmunwha, 2010)
Photo: Artsonje Center
The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Yoo Jung-Ah
Staging project in Korean
September 11-12, 2010
Namsan Arts Center, Seoul
Adapted from Marguerite Duras' novella La Maladie de la mort, 1982, ca. 80 min.
(In the framework of
Voice Over Three: solo exhibition)
Related publication: Haegue Yang: Voice Over Three (Seoul: Hyunsilmunwha, 2010)
Photo © SAMUSO: Space for Contemporary Art, Seoul
The Malady of Death – Monodrama with Jade Gordon
Dress rehearsal in English
February 2, 2010
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Adapted from Marguerite Duras' novella La Maladie de la mort, 1982, ca. 80 min.
(In the framework of
Shared Discovery of What We Have and Know Already: residency at Walker Art Center
Integrity of the Insider: solo exhibition, 2009)
Related publication: Integrity of the Insider, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2011
Photo © Cameron Wittig for Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
A Proposition by Haegue Yang: Screening of Robert Wilson’s The Malady of Death plus discussion
Lectures and screening
December 4-5, 2009
New Museum, New York
The Malady of Death
Publication project in Korean
2008
Translation by Heekyoung Chung of Marguerite Duras’ novella La Maladie de la mort (Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982)
Published by Insa Art Space of the Arts Council Korea
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
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Related exhibition history
ETA 1994-2018, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, 2018
The Malady of Death – Écrire et Lire, Mobile M+: Live Art,Hong Kong, 2015
Der Öffentlichkeit – von den Freunden Haus der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2012
dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany, 2012
Voice Over Three, Artsonje Center, Seoul, 2010
Integrity of the Insider, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2009