We are very excited to present the group exhibition Ecstatic Trance: Artists on Rock My Religion, co-curated with Kathy Battista. The project marks the fourth collaboration between marytwo and Battista, and brings together both long-standing and new friendships: Kathy’s decades-long friendship with Dan Graham and Mieko Meguro Graham, alongside the more recent dialogues between marytwo, Battista, and the participating artists.
The exhibition presents new and existing works by Sarah Benslimane, Samantha Box, Ashton Phillips, and Diogo Pinto, all responding to the late Dan Graham’s seminal video essay Rock My Religion (1982–84), a paragon of cultural study that analysed rock’n’roll, religion, and rebellion. Ecstatic Trance takes this landmark work as a point of departure, revisiting its reflections on popular culture, subcultures, and communal experience through a younger generation of artists working across fluid and interdisciplinary practices.
Dan Graham’s «Rock My Religion» (1982–84) was screened at stattkino Luzern during the exhibition on the 8th of December, 6:30pm. More information here.
(EN) Exhibition text by Kathy Battista, floor plan
(DE) Ausstellungstext von Kathy Battista, Saalplan
(EN) Kathy Battista in conversation with Mieko Meguro
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Diogo Pinto
Spellbound, 2025
Oil on canvas
82 × 160 cm
Dan Graham
Dan Graham’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1 – 21 + The Kinks, 2004–2022/2025
22 compact discs and inkjet prints
Courtesy of The Dan Graham and Mieko Graham Foundation
Dan Graham
Dan Graham’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1 – 21 + The Kinks (detail), 2004–2022/2025
22 compact discs and inkjet prints
Courtesy of The Dan Graham and Mieko Graham Foundation
Ashton Phillips
Authority Complex (Mold me. Hold me. Take me. Break me. Use me for
your pleasure. Be not afraid.), 2025
Clay, wire, burlap, steel, wool, stage lights, 4-channel sound work
195 × 47 cm
Ashton Phillips
Authority Complex (Mold me. Hold me. Take me. Break me. Use me for
your pleasure. Be not afraid.), 2025 (detail)
Clay, wire, burlap, steel, wool, stage lights, 4-channel sound work
195 × 47 cm
Samantha Box
Caribbean Colada, 2024
3D lenticular print, mounted on acrylic
101.5 × 81.3 cm
Samantha Box
Caribbean Colada (detail), 2024
3D lenticular print, mounted on acrylic
101.5 × 81.3 cm
Sarah Benslimane
Untitled, 2025
Mirror, transport etiquette, cork
60 × 76 × 1 cm
Sarah Benslimane
Untitled (detail), 2025
Mirror, transport etiquette, cork
60 × 76 × 1 cm
