is
about the time prior to that what is coming, preparations for an intense
encounter or an enigmatic action. I called these Situations, research
models to which a man subjects himself. It was a series of five performances
in which I examine the quest for physical and spiritual beauty and
power. I was inspired by representation of beauty ideals in art and
visual culture and by exercises and (game)-structures that I had found
in history and other cultures. The performances were literal copies
of my visual archive, changed with minimal intervention such as the
subtle use of colour- and sound codes. The results were Situations
with as their core elements preparing and awaiting for personal encounters.
The series opened with the performance 'Kore – made in China'
in 2008 that I realized for the occasion of the international performance
festival ‘Something Raw’ in Amsterdam (NL). Each performance
lasted exactly one hour and was performed by a preselected group of
ten participants. The audience was invited to walk around freely during
the performance and became participants, being taken up in the physically
created time zone.
Performers: Marcela Salzstein, Renato Gannito,
Gabriela Santos, Caio César de Andrade Costa, Leandro Costa,
Andrez Lean Ghizz, Tatiana Abitante, Gabriela Gehrke, Leticia Schiavotelli
Perroud and João Cabelo.
Thanks to: Macos Gallon, Gabriel Zimbardi, the people
from Galeria Vermelho who helped me to prepaire the space, Rose
Akras, Henk Nieman and the performers.
is
about the time prior to that what is coming, preparations for an intense
encounter or an enigmatic action. I called these Situations, research
models to which a man subjects himself. It was a series of five performances
in which I examine the quest for physical and spiritual beauty and
power. I was inspired by representation of beauty ideals in art and
visual culture and by exercises and (game)-structures that I had found
in history and other cultures. The performances were literal copies
of my visual archive, changed with minimal intervention such as the
subtle use of colour- and sound codes. The results were Situations
with as their core elements preparing and awaiting for personal encounters.
The series opened with the performance 'Kore – made in China'
in 2008 that I realized for the occasion of the international performance
festival ‘Something Raw’ in Amsterdam (NL). Each performance
lasted exactly one hour and was performed by a preselected group of
ten participants. The audience was invited to walk around freely during
the performance and became participants, being taken up in the physically
created time zone.