Bendik Giske Matt Lambert Brist

Brist, which can be translated from Norwegian as rupture, is the title chosen by queer filmmaker Matt Lambert and experimental composer and saxophonist Bendik Giske for their stunning collaboration. Commissioned by Oslos MUNCH museum for the third installment of their Contemporary Art Digital Shorts series, entitled Queer Desires, Brist was captured by Matt Lambert at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer theatre in Berlins Kreuzberg district, yet another theatre lying empty during the lockdown. Devoid of an audience during the pandemic, says HAU, the venerable stage stands empty, providing an eerie backdrop for Bendik Giskes saxophone performance of his new composition. Combining the jardropping physicality of Giskes live performance with dim, sensual lighting, glistening latex stretched taut over straining flesh and the sleazy grain of 16mm film, with Brist Lambert equates the physical distance of social distancing and public curfews with the pent up desire of a furtive touch. The empty space of the de