Miu Miu Announces A Second Iteration Of ‘tales & Tellers’ In New York

Originally envisaged by Miuccia Prada, Tales & Tellers is an ever-evolving site-specific installation and performance, conceived by interdisciplinary artist Goshka Macuga and convened by Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of MACBA, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Drawing together narratives, perspective and approaches, this storytelling is an exploration of constantly-transforming ideas of femininity. Originally debuted in Paris in October 2024, a new iteration of Tales & Tellers will be presented to the public in New York on May 10th and 11th 2025.

Drawing its title from the notion of storytelling as a conveyance of knowledge, from the idea not only of the importance of narratives but of the figures who communicate them, Tales & Tellers comprises physical installation, video and performance - from each artistic intervention from previous Miu Miu fashion shows and each of the films comprising the Miu Miu Women’s Tales series since 2011, a character is directly extracted, her actions re-imagined by an actor, alongside video projection of the original film. These performances are created in collaboration between theatre and opera director Fabio Cherstich, Macuga and Dyangani Ose - in total, 36, spanning 7 artistic interventions, and the 29 Miu Miu Women’s Tales films.

Expanding on the presentation in Paris, the second iteration of Tales & Tellers reimagines the project for a new city, a shifted space. Staged at the Terminal Warehouse in New York, it continues Goshka Macuga’s exploration of the genesis of public space. In Paris, the performance - staged at the Palais d’Iéna, where Miu Miu presents its biannual fashion shows - evoked a public square, examining interactions between both difference characters and divergent interpretation of femininity. By contrast, in New York, an eerie nocturnal atmosphere has come to symbolize the streets of the city as a surreal place. Here, elements of the outside are brought in to disrupt and question the meaning of the space itself, as well as trigger wider discussion. Tales & Tellers also includes screenings of all commissioned films.

Staged at the Terminal Warehouse in New York, 261 11th Ave, the project will be open to the public on the 10th and 11th of May 2025, with a private preview on the 9th of May.

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