The photographs above are images from the second performance of RUG by Gerard & Kelly.
RUG is a performance score that unfolds across eleven tactile spreads, where texture and narrative dissolve the boundaries between architecture, cinema, choreography, and art. Drawing from Gerard & Kelly’s film “E for Eileen”, shot in Eileen Gray’s modernist villa E-1027 in the south of France, RUG reflects on the legacy of this singular architect and designer while presenting a manifesto for interdisciplinary art-making.
The eleven signatures, each named after one of Gray’s iconic rugs, bring together stills from Gerard & Kelly’s film, deconstructed rug patterns, and original plans of the E-1027 house and furniture. A poem written by the artists unfolds across the eleven spreads in hand-stenciled text. All of these elements are meticulously arranged for maximum resonance, serving as notations for choreography and musical improvisation.
Check out RUG, the book here.
RUG was performed in November 2025 at the heart of phonetics in Turin, a book event organised by Paint It Black. The performance was conceived Gerard & Kelly and interpreted by Gerard & Kelly and Joseph Schiano di Lombo, with music composed by Joseph Schiano di Lombo.
The photographs are by Luisa Porta.
RUG is a performance score that unfolds across eleven tactile spreads, where texture and narrative dissolve the boundaries between architecture, cinema, choreography, and art. Drawing from Gerard & Kelly’s film “E for Eileen”, shot in Eileen Gray’s modernist villa E-1027 in the south of France, RUG reflects on the legacy of this singular architect and designer while presenting a manifesto for interdisciplinary art-making.
The eleven signatures, each named after one of Gray’s iconic rugs, bring together stills from Gerard & Kelly’s film, deconstructed rug patterns, and original plans of the E-1027 house and furniture. A poem written by the artists unfolds across the eleven spreads in hand-stenciled text. All of these elements are meticulously arranged for maximum resonance, serving as notations for choreography and musical improvisation.
Check out RUG, the book here.
RUG was performed in November 2025 at the heart of phonetics in Turin, a book event organised by Paint It Black. The performance was conceived Gerard & Kelly and interpreted by Gerard & Kelly and Joseph Schiano di Lombo, with music composed by Joseph Schiano di Lombo.
The photographs are by Luisa Porta.