"Essence "
Performance installation since 2016
Bergen International Performance Art Festival - Live Performance Essence, Bergen Kunsthalle, Bergen,14.–16.10.2016
The artist stands on a transparent plexiglass plate, that has been colored red.
The artist wears a costume that is equipped with many sharp objects such as knives, an axe, a scraper, etc. The objects are attached to the costume. She distributes these utensils on the red surface and begins to scrape off the red color.
The more she scratches, the more you see the transparent Plexiglas plate underneath and the writing installed under the Plexiglas on the floor. The loud scratching exerts a force on the Plexiglas and the audience.
Under the transparent glas plate, letters slowly become visible until a sentence becomes recognizable: "THE DIGNITY OF MAN IS INVIOLABLE", which corresponds to Article 1 of the German constitutional law (Grundgesetz).
Here the transparent Plexiglas is damaged, but not the words and their meaning, which are under the Plexiglas.
The red color and the actions of the artist stand for the many crises worldwide.
With each word that the artist reveals, the question of the meaning of the sentence becomes louder and is answered when the sentence is visible and understood.
Red paint, plexiglass, sharp objects (knife, axe, scraper etc.), white lettering, costumes
45 min.
Camera and Photo: BIPAF Bergen
Costume / Costumedesign: Nezaket Ekici
Dresscutter / Stylistin: Rita Quinta
Production: Kurt Johannessen
Assistant: Julian David Bolivar
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