Event· Berlin
Mata Leão
In the martial art of jiu-jitsu, ‘Mata Leão’ refers to a chokehold that forces the opponent to submit or lose consciousness. Literally translated, ‘Mata Leão’ means ‘lion killer’ or ‘to kill the lion’. The title evokes images from cultural history, such as Rubens’ painting Hercules and the Nemean Lion or the biblical story of David strangling a lion with his bare hands. They tell of a physical str