PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME (SELECTION)
- PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME - NOV 2007, FESTIVAL A/D WERF
In the performance program 3 artists perform an acte de presence: Ivana Müller Katarina Zdjelar and Karl Holmqvist.
What links them is their fascination with language and their analytic approach to the conventions of performance, which leads them to make unexpected connections among different genres. All three artists are interested in feminist thought and/or reinterepreting the work of women artists.
What links them is their fascination with language and their analytic approach to the conventions of performance, which leads them to make unexpected connections among different genres. All three artists are interested in feminist thought and/or reinterepreting the work of women artists.
Karl Holmqvist, Facehug
Karl Holmqvist works with text and presents this in both written and spoken form. In his performances the genre of the 'spoken word' is central. In his new performance 'Facehug' he refers to works by Martha Rosler, Lucy McKenzie and others. Karl Holmqvist lives and works in Berlin. He has taken part in numerous international exhibitions and performance programs, including Utopia Station, Venice, and Performa 05 and 07, New York. Read more
Karl Holmqvist works with text and presents this in both written and spoken form. In his performances the genre of the 'spoken word' is central. In his new performance 'Facehug' he refers to works by Martha Rosler, Lucy McKenzie and others. Karl Holmqvist lives and works in Berlin. He has taken part in numerous international exhibitions and performance programs, including Utopia Station, Venice, and Performa 05 and 07, New York. Read more
Katarina Zdjelar, India Song
The point of departure for Katarina Zdjelar's new performance is 'India Song' by Marguerite Duras – a story that takes place in the India of the 1930s and deals with the impossible love between the wife of the French ambassador and the vice-consul in Lahore. The performers translate the text as a novel text, theater text and as a film script, in this way inviting the viewer to imagine different India Songs. Read more
The point of departure for Katarina Zdjelar's new performance is 'India Song' by Marguerite Duras – a story that takes place in the India of the 1930s and deals with the impossible love between the wife of the French ambassador and the vice-consul in Lahore. The performers translate the text as a novel text, theater text and as a film script, in this way inviting the viewer to imagine different India Songs. Read more
Ivana Müller, How Heavy Are My Thoughts
In her performance Ivana Müller poses the question: "If my thoughts are heavier than usual, is my head heavier than usual too?" "What is the 'weight' of thoughts and ‘where’ are these to be found in the body?" A presenter reports on Müller’s empirical, at moments hilarious research, placed against a cultural historical background in which diverse thinkers such as Descartes pass in review. With this performance Müller redefines the notions of 'body' and 'presence' – classic themes in performance that she approaches in a startling manner. Read more
In her performance Ivana Müller poses the question: "If my thoughts are heavier than usual, is my head heavier than usual too?" "What is the 'weight' of thoughts and ‘where’ are these to be found in the body?" A presenter reports on Müller’s empirical, at moments hilarious research, placed against a cultural historical background in which diverse thinkers such as Descartes pass in review. With this performance Müller redefines the notions of 'body' and 'presence' – classic themes in performance that she approaches in a startling manner. Read more
Above: 'Facehug', Karl Holmqvist, November 2007, Festival a/d Werf
Below: 'India Song', Katarina Zdjelar, November 2007, Festival a/d Werf
