Kiss (2002, 2006, 2010)

Tino Sehgal

Kiss offers an unexpected experience for the museum visitor. An eight-minute choreographed loop, Kiss presents a man and a woman rapturously embraced and enacting different interpretations of some well-known kisses from art history – such as those by Auguste Rodin, Constantin Brancusi, Edward Munch and Jeff Koons.  Alternating couples act as interpreters of Sehgal's work, moving constantly and morphing slowly from one kiss to the next. At the end of the sequence, the man and woman seamlessly change roles and the continuum is reenacted. Kiss is danced continuously during all public gallery hours. Upon completion of the exhibition, no physical trace of the work of art remains.