"Lines "
Performance Installation 2018
Kongress "Kunstgeschichte im Unterricht" AdBK München 15.11.2018
Nezaket Ekici´s Performance "lines" is inspired by an old painting that remains unnamed. The performance "lines" is a picture description of a different kind, which in principle refers to the function of the empty space and awakens the imaginative power of the viewer and asks him to fill the empty space meaningfully.
The artist positions herself in the room on a pedestal. Next to her is a white surface (partition wall in MDF board) the size of the original painting (approx. 2x3 m). In her performance, the artist tells stories about the figures in the original painting and transfers its composition to the white surface with the help of long rods. The rods (metal) create a structural composition in front of the white surface that describe the painting in its perspective construction.
She not only tells stories about the figures, but also bring the painting to life and makes it haptically perceptible. The viewer not only imagines the work of art through what he hears, but also sees how the composition of the painting is created in the performance. Thus the artist transforms the painting into an independent performative work of art. A viewer interested in art will quickly recognize which painting it is, but it should remain a secret - empty space.
Procedure:
The performance artist takes a long stick, positions herself on the pedestal in front of the white surface like a living sculpture and tells about a figure in the original painting and its position in the work. Then she goes to the white surface and installs the staff. Then she takes a new rod, goes back onto the pedestal in a new sculptural posture and tells of the next figure - followed by the installation of the rod on the white surface.
Slowly, a new constructive "painting" develops on the white surface, until the individual rods finally form an architectural structure that equally reflects the essence of the original painting.
White surface (MDF board) 200x300 cm base 80 cm x 80cm x 80 cm. Nails, hammers, rods (metal different length) Spotlights
radio microphone, hifi sound system
35 min
Camera: Hubert Sedlatschek, Christian Botez
Coordination: Sabine Grünauer
Assistant: Sandra Zech
Wood and Metal technician: Mr. Spindler
Sound u Light technician: Mrs. Ferg
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