RUG
RUG is an intimate duet for a dancer and musician unfolding within a spare, poetic installation. Eleven music stands are dispersed throughout the space, each presenting a page from Gerard & Kelly’s eponymously titled artist’s book and performance score. A carpet by Eileen Gray—a pioneering and long-overlooked figure in 20th-century architecture and design—anchors the space. With RUG, Gerard & Kelly transform Gray’s carpet designs into musical and choreographic notation, positing design as a framework for freedom.
RUG, 2025. Rehearsal view: Orsolina28 Art Foundation, Moncalvo, Italy. Awa Joannais and Joseph Schiano di Lombo.
RUG, 2025. Performance view: Librairie 7L, Paris, France. Awa Joannais and Joseph Schiano di Lombo.
RUG, 2025. Performance view: Librairie 7L, Paris, France.
RUG, 2025. Performance view: Librairie 7L, Paris, France. Awa Joannais.
RUG, 2025. Rehearsal view: Orsolina28 Art Foundation, Moncalvo, Italy. Awa Joannais.
RUG, 2025. Rehearsal view: Orsolina28 Art Foundation, Moncalvo, Italy. Awa Joannais.
RUG, 2025. Performance view: Phonetics, Turin, Italy. Brennan Gerard, Ryan Kelly and Joseph Schiano di Lombo.
2026 | Performance (upcoming)
Les Rencontres d'Arles at Villa Benkemoun, Arles, France2026 | Performance (upcoming)
La Nuit des Cabanes at Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
2026 | Residence
Orsolina 28 Art Foundation, Moncalvo, Italy 2025 | Performance
Librairie 7L, Paris2025 | Performance
Phonetics, art publishing festival, Torino, Italy
2025 | Presentation
Three Star Books, Paris
Les Rencontres d'Arles at Villa Benkemoun, Arles, France2026 | Performance (upcoming)
La Nuit des Cabanes at Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
2026 | Residence
Orsolina 28 Art Foundation, Moncalvo, Italy 2025 | Performance
Librairie 7L, Paris2025 | Performance
Phonetics, art publishing festival, Torino, Italy
2025 | Presentation
Three Star Books, Paris
Credits
Created in collaboration with and performed by Awa Joannais and Joseph Schiano di Lombo | Music: Joseph Schiano di Lombo | Sound design: Sammy Bichon | Studio producer:
Alexandra Pugliese | Production: Gerard & Kelly Foundation | Coproduction: Librairie 7L, Orsolina28 Art Foundation, CHANEL Italie, L’Alliance New York's Crossing The Line Festival, Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University | With the support of Ménagerie de Verre as part of the Studio Lab program | Carpet by Eileen Gray graciously provided by ClassiCon