Three Men Hula

Sigalit Landau

Three Men Hula, 1999

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Landau creates three-dimensional sculptural works and installations and also directs videos in which she is the protagonist. Three Men Hula was made in 1999 at Chisenhale Gallery, London, where it was presented for the first time. The hula performance shows a trio of young men, three actors, who have known each other since childhood. They appear imprisoned by their movements, as if in a hermetically sealed world, in the center of the centrifugal force of an oversized, three-meter-diameter hula hoop rotating around their waists. Their efforts to keep the hoop in the air with steady movements—defying gravity—can only succeed if they act together as one body. This metaphor is of critical importance not only for Israel and the European Community but for every country in the world. (Doris Leutgeb)