Kelsey Lu

This May, Kelsey Lu presents PENUBMRA, a new live performance work at Palazzo Diedo in Venice an immersive, multi-sensory extension of their forthcoming album So Help Me God.

Thursday, May 7, at Palazzo Diedo Free General Admission available 3PM and 7PM CEST RSVP for 3PM RSVP for 7PM

A classically trained cellist, composer and multidisciplinary artist, Lu moves fluidly between music, visual art and embodied performance. Since their 2019 debut Blood, they’ve returned with a more expansive, confrontational body of work shaped by devotion, desire and reckoning. This new performance sits within that evolving language, translating the album’s emotional and spiritual currents into the physical space.

Rooted in themes of land, erasure and survival, the piece finds Lu performing alongside a 4-piece music and movement ensemble, blurring the lines between concert, installation and ritual. Performers and audience alike move through the space together, creating a living environment shaped by sound, movement and material.

Visitors are invited to move, listen, and experience.

Performed with Josh Johnson, Alicia Hall Moran, Mikael Darmanie, and Lady Jess. With an installation by Yumna Al-Arashi. Curated by Olivier Berggruen and Monteverde Productions.