RUSH(ES) portrays Swiss choreographer and artist Alexandra Bachzetsis in the preparatory, live, and post-performance stages of her latest, eponymous work.

Conceived as a collection of three artist books—each photographed by a different artist, in a distinct location, and at a specific phase of the performance—the project seeks to translate the ephemerality of the live act into print, extending its experience to a broader audience.

RUSH(ES) investigates the entanglement of autofiction, bodily transformation, and narrative construction through performative behaviour. Choreographed as an introspective journey, the work confronts behavioural taboos and explores the auto-erotic, commodified nature of desire.

Reflecting the iterative and ever-changing character that is central to RUSH(ES), the three books each take on a different format and design, and are complemented by a silkscreen edition of statements from Lee Lozano’s Language Pieces—the same texts read during the performance and the sole spoken words in the live act.

Performance by Alexandra Bachzetsis

Photography by Estelle Hanania, Crista Leonard, Piotr Niepsuj

Edited by Marina Montresor

Art Direction by CABINET Milano

Texts by Lee Lozano © The Estate of Lee Lozano. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth