‘The body as a planet, the planet as home.’

Embodied Activism presents the debut visual arts exhibition by interdisciplinary dance artist Sivan Rubinstein. Known for her work that seamlessly blends dance, projection, and installation, Rubinstein presents a transformative exploration of creation emerging from destruction.

Working fluidly across dance, projection and installation, this transformative body of work is centred on the idea that out of destruction comes life. Rubinstein invites visitors on a mesmerising journey of visceral choreography and movement provocations, to explore highly relevant themes of migration and climate change. Embodied Activism aims to remind audiences of both our fragility and strength, and to highlight the interconnectedness that unites us on our shared planet.

This exhibition is co-commissioned by The Place and Aspex Portsmouth, and supported by Arts Council England and Portsmouth City Council.

About the ArtistSivan Rubinstein is a London based choreographer, movement director and researcher recognised for the creation of highly visual dance works. Her work forms different series and sits at the intersection of embodied artistic collaboration and academic research. These series include the Climate Futures Series, Migration Through Dance Series and the Pelvishood Series.

Sivan was Artist in Residence at King’s College London (2019-2020) and is currently WorkPlace Artist at The Place London (2020-2025) and Artist in Residence at Cambridge University. Her work has been presented at Bloomsbury Festival (Wellcome Collection, London), Being Human Festival (London), Arts and Humanities Festival (King’s College London), Sotheby’s, Lilian Baylis Studio (Sadler’s Wells), Migration Museum, The Place (London), Turner Contemporary (Margate), European Dancehouse Network (B.Motion Festival, The Dutch Dance Festival (Netherlands) and the YAP Residency Program in Beijing, China.