Le Miroir (2025) Miles Greenberg

New York-based performance artist and sculptor Miles Greenberg makes his UAE debut with Le Miroir, a durational performance piece commissioned by the ICD Brookfield Place Arts Programme. Le Miroir will be exhibited at ICD Brookfield Place from 16 April 2025.

The first act was staged live during the 2025 Edition of 1-54 Art Fair in Marrakech’s historic El Badi Palace, with this second iteration expanding on Greenberg’s exploration of movement, endurance, and emotional transformation.

Inspired by Andrey Tarkovsky’s 1975 film The Mirror (Зеркало), the performance seeks to evoke an emotional response through a singular, minimal physical action—both from the performers and, in turn, the audience. Greenberg poses the question: What happens to emotions beyond language when expressed through repeated or sustained movement over many hours? The performance becomes a metaphorical petri dish, observing how these feelings proliferate, evolve, or mutate—where violence may soften into affection, and longing may dissolve into disdain.