'The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible' - Alan Kaprow
'The performer is in all of us. They create situations that invite us to behave in certain ways. In these cases, the spectator becomes not a passive observer, but an integral part of the creative process, enacting and completing the work. Revealing the artistic potential in all of us'
'Everything is in motion, everything is changing, everything is being transformed and yet nothing changes - Jean Baudrillard
'Every work of art is the trace of an action, a record of the makers hand. For some artists, performing that action is as much a part of the artwork as the finished object'
'In a strong performance, is the viewer removed from being an observing part to being an involved participant - anything from actual participation to an engaged observer who becomes part of what could be described as a performative 'field'
Documentation pictures of my piece 'Dialog Partner'
Installation: ‘Dialog-Partner’, Clay and text, Various dimensions, Overall dimensions 200 X 200 cm, Nov. 2018.
“When a body "encounters" another body, or an idea another idea, it happens that the two relations sometimes combine to form a more powerful whole, and sometimes one decomposes the other, destroying the cohesion of its parts”
This quote by Spinoza Benédictus, sums up the most central points of my piece ‘dialog partner’. The notion that all bodies affect each other – the result of interaction can make the bodies grow or decompose. ‘Bodies’ defined as not only a person, but also as ideas, the weather or sounds.
The piece ‘Dialog-Partner’ is a chain of affects. It is therefore in constant movement, because different elements interact and change each other.
The physical body of the piece consists of white clay that I laid out around a three. I asked another person to help read aloud the prose text, while I placed the clay. The performative act was carried out doing 2 weeks. The piece was physically transformed by the changing weather, the public and through ‘the helpers’ level of participation in creating a dialog about the piece. The piece can create reflection on whether the effect of other bodies is destroying or developing.
Read the book: 'Perform' by Jens Hoffmann and Joan Jonas 2005
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