In November 2010 I was invited to participate in
'The State of Things', a 12-hour ongoing performance of
Maria Francesca Scaroni and
Vania Rovisco. As they were continuously on stage from 10am to 10pm, 18 guests, amongst them dancers, actors, musicians, writers, photographers, and artists, joined and interacted with the performance and the other performers.
There was an open score, meaning that every participant had a certain time slot when to be on stage and roughly knowing what to do, or what to work with. Otherwise, the piece was not set; anything could happen, anything would happen.
During my first entrance, early afternoon, I painted 14 banners using liquid acrylic paint and ink. The transparent sheets I was painting on (each 33cm wide, 2mtr long) were hanging from lines that were put up across the space so the audience was able to watch from every angle. The banners, as well as the rest of the setting, were designed by
Metka Pretnar.
In the second slot, in the evening, I made a collage on the back wall, using the drawings as well as magazine cut outs.
For a video, look >
here
>> More information, photo's and video's to be found at www.thestateofthingsprocess.wordpress.com.
>> Or visit the website of Aktuelle Architektur Der Kultur (AADK), the Berlin-based artistic network, specializing in performance, live installation, video work, soundscapes and literature, that counts Maria and Vania amongst its members: www.aadk.org.
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: Paul Green |
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| photo: Paul Green |
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| photo: Paul Green |
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| photo: Paul Green |
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| photo: Paul Green |
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| photo: Paul Green |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
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| photo: AADK / Paulo Melo |
unless mentioned otherwise, all photo's © Michiel Keuper, 2010
2 comments:
Marvellous to see these drawings in the context of the performance Michiel. I think you were brave to do it but clearly you weren't inhibited! It must have been quite an event..
indeed, it was very exciting to do. i'd never done something like this before. normally in my atelier i'm in a private state, with the eyes of 40 people in your back, watching your every move, is something different... i was so focused that it felt like there was a direct connection between my eyes and the brush in my hand. no time for thinking or to consider. instant reaction. great experience.
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