Yel K. Banto

Cats and Dogs, performance, 15min. School of New Dance Development (SNDO), Amsterdam, December 2024

Performers: Victor Conto, Yadin Bernauer, Yel K. Banto, Yevheniya Kravets
Direction: Yel K. Banto

© Filming: Thalia Livingstone, editing: Yel K. Banto

The Fool’s Fugue, dance piece, 15min, Théâtre de Sévelin 36, Lausanne, November 2024

"The fool's fugue is a medieval flashback, a projection into my tarot cards, it's my teenage fantasy. I pack a bundle with what I have on hand, put in what I hold most close to my heart, and, light as a feather, I walk following the dawn. I had to leave... Oh, a flower! I carry on. It's time. I run away, turn away, far away. I just ride." Yel K. Banto

Choreography and performance: Yel K. Banto
Sound composition: Hugo Landage
Acknowledgements: Tristan Bartolini, Sébastien Roussi, Yevhienya Kravets
Outside Eye: Sonja Jokiniemi

© Anouk Maupu

Treasured remains, sculpted oak, assembled textiles, series of four bundles, 60 x 35 x 60cm each, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, September 2024

This exhibition was organised by Fondation Francine Delacretaz to raise funds in aid of people affected by breast cancer.

Treasured remains: DAWN, long-durational performance, 4 hours, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne 2024

© Pauline Humbert

No saliva left to spit, glazed clay, 25 x 35 x 35cm, Galerie Fabienne Levy, July 2024

Revenge, 20 min. with Sébastien Roussi, Théâtre de l'Usine, May 2023

"It's a story about an unexpected encounter between a dog and a bitch. In the form of a talk show, Yel and Sebastien bring an intimate story, as banal as it is violent, to the public space. Conjuring up fear and aggression through laughter, screaming and running, Revenge invites each spectator to be a witness and agent of a necessary transformation." Sébastien Roussi, Yel K. Banto

Performing Myself, installation of works in various mediums, HEAD - Geneva, June 2023

Performing Myself is an installation that combines works of several different mediums. However, two elements stand out: the wall reminiscent of a theatre set and the gargoyle-shaped fountain. In this project, Yel K. Banto explores questions of intimacy and constant performativity while playfully layering multiple semantic levels to create a complex interpretation system.

Last picture from left to right:

Performing myself, mdf boards, pine logs, Q3 paint, upcycled wooden beams,
100 x 450 x 300 cm, 2023
Doggy on all fours, blown glass by Open Glass Studio and oxidised steel, 20 x 60 x 40cm, 2023
Head over High Heels, burned pine, 120 x 30 x 30 cm, 2022
Naked corporate men with a twist, prints of digital photo montages, 18 x 24cm, 2023
Just passing by..., acrylic paint on upcycled wooden board, 80 x 100 cm, 2023
Playbow, acrylic paint on upcycled wooden board, 70 x 80 cm, 2023
No saliva left to spit, glazed clay, glass, oxidised steel, water, xanthan gum,
peristaltic pump, 25 x 35 x 35xm, 2023
Aaah in Silence, video, 1:00min, second version, 2023
Up your ass, one piece of a series of ceramics, glazed clay, 40 x 60cm, 2023
Always there, even when you don’t want it to be, leather, brass, 15 x 15 x 5cm, 2023
Remains of The Birth, fabrics sawed together, 15 x 4,5m, 2022
Fool’s era, sculpted elm wood, 13 x 5 x 120cm, 2023

© Yel K. Banto

Blue Velvet, video, 11:45 minutes, HEAD - Geneva, June 2023

Blue Velvet is a video that combines narrative writings with various edited sky shots filmed in 2020 and 2023.

Technical needs: The video must be projected in a darkened room where the only light source is the video itself.

© Yel K. Banto

Chien.ne.x.s Libéré.e.x.s, 15 minutes, HKB, Bern, March 2023
Depth on Fire, 15 minutes, EDHEA, Sierre/Siders, May 2023
Revenge, 20 minutes, HEAD, Geneva, May 2023

Collaboration with Seb Roussi.
The three episodes of the performance series were shown in the context of ACT festival.

Barking Dogs, installation of two paintings, a sprayed text and a sculpture,
HEAD - Geneva, January 2023

Just passing by..., (first painting from the left), acrylic paint on found wooden board, 80 x 100 cm, 2023
Playbow, (second painting from the left), acrylic paint on found wooden board, 70 x 80 cm, 2023
FOOL M’4VÉ WOOF, FOOL M’4VÉ MERDYÉ, sprayed acrylic on the wall, 140 x 210 cm
Head over High Heels, sculpture, burned pine wood, 2x 120 x 30 x 11 cm, 2022

© Yel K. Banto

Barking Dogs, dance research in progress, 15 minutes, Art’s Birthday 2023, commissioned by RTS Culture, Contrechamps and HEAD - Geneva, Les 6 Toits, Geneva, January 2023

Barking Dogs is a work that explores through sound and choreography the moment that follows the stupor in front of violence.

Technical needs: 4 speakers, 1 sub, 1 usb audio interface with 5 analogue output jacks, 2 bitalino riot, 1 3g/4g router.

© HEAD-Genève, Yel K. Banto

...WITH TWO "L", self-printed essay, 394 pages, 2022

...WITH TWO "L" is an essay I wrote for my Fine Arts Bachelor graduation project. It's a sculptural book with a textured cover where the words are choreographed through the pages. Therefore, I highly recommend reading it on paper. Let me know if you are interested in reading it. yel.k.banto@gmail.com.

Otherwise,

Click here to view the PDF

This essay is an investigation of my inability to shout, a blockage that I have experienced for a long time, and that became a problem when I needed help. As I was practising and exploring shouting exercises in a soundproof room, I documented my daily life, my concerns, my transition as a non-binary young adult, and the unfolding of what was hidden behind the inability of shouting.

Aaaah in silence, video on loop, 1:30 minutes, November 2022

© Elisa Wyss, Yel K. Banto

I’m a victim of this song too!, Installation of a curtain and two displayed videos on loop, 4,5 x 4m, satin pink fabric, curtain rack, clip hangers, chains, flat screen, smartphone.

Short performative activation, 3 minutes

Collective exhibition "The Big Simili Show" curated by Tadeo Kohan & Gabrielle Boder, coordinated by Julie Monot, LiveInYourHead, Geneva, November 2022.

Videos:
Aaaah in silence, (phone) 1:30 minutes in loop, November 2022
Same here!, (flat screen) 60 minutes in loop, November 2022

The Birth, outdoor installation activated with a 15-minute reading, La Grange, Lausanne, September 2022

Old car tyres allowed it to walk on the water, and a 12-meter curtain made of recycled fabrics hanged behind the pool and framed the outdoor space while creating stunning light beams.

© Yel K. Banto

"Forbidden Fruit" is a research on the narrative that results when the white cube space ceases to be a means of exhibition, but a stage that is designed and transformed to produce stories along with the artworks. The playfulness and the possibility of failure are at the heart of our curatorial process and of the invited artists’ practices. Therefore, we embrace the idea that the artworks we decide to present are not shown in their best light and we accept not to meet the white cube expectations.

Forbidden Fruit, one-day exhibition curated by niccolas (GR) & Yel K. Banto (CH) at PS:Communitism, Athens in June 2022

with Barbora Lepší (CZ/GR), Captain Stavros (GR), dakrya (GR), Juraj Černák (DE/SK), Markéta Skalková (CZ), Nikos Tzoufas (GR), Soni (GR), Thanos Dedes (GR)

© Yel K. Banto

EMPATHY, Extract of the 16:00-minute silent video work presented in a loop at Cantina Social, Athens in July 2022 and the Literature House, Athens in July 2022.

On the left: picture of the rooftop projection at Literature House in Athens
on the right: documentation of the process

EMPATHY is the result of a collaborative research that started in Athens in 2022 with Hannah Doepke. Through the experimentation with a semi-transparent mirror foil we found an analogue procedure that allowed us to merge our bodies into a single one live and to experiment on the influence that we had upon each other.

© Yel K. Banto and Hannah Doepke

Le Souper, performance, 15min, HEAD Geneva, January 2022

Material: 4 speakers, audio interface, computer, a contact microphone, 4 jack in/xlr out cables.

The sound produced by the high heels gets distorted and turns through four speakers placed in each corner of the room.

© Yel K. Banto

When The Curtain Falls, video clip, 10:44min, collective exhibition "C'era una volta la Pangea" curated by Associazione +41, Balerna, October 2021

Composition of distorted and reworked recorded sounds and IA-produced transitions.

© Yel K. Banto

When The Curtain Falls, sculpture, 4m x 18m x 4m, collective exhibition "C'era una volta la Pangea" curated by Associazione +41, Balerna, October 2021

© Yel K. Banto

Hello World!, video, 7:00min, Geneva, June 2021

© Estelle Quarinno, Yel K. Banto

Wing Don't Fit In The Suitcase 2, Lecture of hidden poems, 20:00min,
HEAD - Geneva, June 2021

© Marjorie Kapelutz

Wings don't fit in a suitcase 1, sculpture 150cm x 140cm x 180cm, HEAD - Geneva, April 2021

© Yel K. Banto

Trouble Don't Last Always, mixed media installation, HEAD - Geneva, January 2021

© Yel K. Banto

Costume Sculptures, costumes and modelable sculptures, HEAD - Geneva, December 2020

© Yel K. Banto

Remains of a performance, mixed media installation, HEAD - Geneva, November 2020

© Yel K. Banto

Leviathan, interactive installation, 4m x 12m, La Grange, August 2020

© Yel K. Banto

TUT, interactive installation, 3m x 3m x 2,5m , July 2020

© Yel K. Banto

Rupture 1, video, 2:56min, ECAL, Lausanne, May 2020

© Yel K. Banto

Rupture 2, video, 1:45min, ECAL, Lausanne, May 2020

© Yel K. Banto

Unnamed for the Moment, foundation year graduation project consisting of 5 auto-interactive installations, ECAL, Lausanne 2020

© Yel K. Banto

Inflatable, Installation gonflable et performance avec Clara Delorme, 200 x 2250 x 200cm, 15:00min, Centre Culturel des Amériques Latines, Lausanne, novembre 2019

© Vidéos: Kai Banto, editing: Yel K. Banto

Chronomorphique, series of sculptures, unannounced performances and a video that was shown on a TV screen in the flat. Lausanne, septembre 2019

The installation took place in a big-scale project called Trace de Passages. The ephemeral collective composed of very diversified profiles intervened in an old building that was doomed to demolition. During three months, each contributor invested a flat that was assigned to them.

1. Sculptures made of found objects, panties and polyurethane foam

COCOON, installation et performance pour le prix d'art visuel vaudois, 8 x 4 x 2m, 120:00min, Gymnase Auguste Piccard & Gymnase Chamblandes, Juin 2019

© Asia Calabro

Performances at the queer parties organised by Collectif QULT at Le Romandie, Lausanne, 2018 - 2019

© sorry, can't remember 👉🏼👈🏼

Time Research, performance en 3 actes en collaboration avec Stéphane Nabil et Dona Cetoute, 60:00min, Bleu Lézard, Lausanne, mai 2019

© Jordi Teres

Distortion 2, impressions sur bâche micro-perforées, 100 x 150cm, Théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne, Mars 2019

© Yel K. Banto

Distortion 1, flexible format performance, modified self-portraits printed on plastic and projected with an overhead projector, analogue VJ by Asia Calabro and Nine Sager. Gymnase Auguste Piccard, Lausanne, janvier 2019

© Yel K. Banto

Les Dysmorphiques, installation of 8 cabins, 70cm x 70cmm x 160cm each, La Ligne Bleue, Lausanne, September 2018

© Yel K. Banto