Joan Jonas: Mirror Piece I & II (1969/2025)

Considered one of the earliest and most influential examples of feminist and conceptual performance art in the United States, the work was instrumental in redefining the boundaries between visual art, performance, and gender representation.


Multiple performers carry mirrors and Plexiglas panels in synchronized, choreographed movements. As the piece unfolds, the moving mirrors reflect and fragment the audience, the performers, and the environment, blurring the line between audience and performers.


"The mirror was a metaphor for me. A device to alter the image and to include the audience as reflection, making them uneasy as they view themselves in public," says Joan Jonas.


Joan Jonas (*1936, New York) is a pioneer of performance and video art who has been working with mirrors, texts and body movements since the 1960s. Her works address identity, gender, and perception and have had a lasting impact on contemporary art.


Performers:
Caroline Beach, Jennie Boultbee, Florencia Martina, Tatiana Mejía, Mica Kupfer, YeoJin Kim, Mila Nhu-Nhien, Horst Zeina, Hanna, Ana Libório, Narin, Mohammadi, Obitse Omagbeni, Kareth Schaffer, Benca Ungvari, Tim Winter, Betül Yildirim


Movement Director:
Nefeli Skarmea

Joan Jonas: Mirror Piece I & II (1969/2025)

Wed., September 10 – Sat., September 13, 2025: 5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Sun., September 14, 2025: 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Location: Terrace, Neue Nationalgalerie