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To Be or not to Be "
Performances
2002
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with my students )
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To Be or not to Be ": performance: CC Liedekerke march 2002 ( work
session).
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To Be or not to Be ": performance: Gallery Free University of Brussels
april 24 2002
« To Be or not to Be »
is a multimediaproject that grows from the performances in different chosen
spaces. This results in video, installation and computerart, in an
exhibition in the VUB ( Free University of Brussels), synchronically growing
with the group performances .
The performance consists of one single movement out of an individual
confrontation with oneself in complete darkness, yet visible for the public
through the with black material covered physical presence ( outside –
appearance – external ), and through an infrared camera connected to a video
screen ( inside – inner self – internal ). The participants of the
performance are dressed in white ( white representing the presence of all colors
) and they are covered with black sheet ( black representing the absence of all
colors ).
On the floor of the room
lies a large black surface ( a black sheet ). On this surface stands a video
camera. In front of the camera lies a performer dressed in white facing the
camera. The LCD-screen of the camera is visible for the performer, so that
she/he is confronted with herself/himself.
The camera is set on infrared ( so that it is able to film in complete darkness
), and is connected to a video screen outside the black surface. Four performers
( dressed in white ) cover this all with a large black sheet ( absence of all
color ), so that just the silhouette of the performer is visible to the
audience. The inside
( fully covered in darkness ) is visible to the audience on the videoscreen
connected to the infrared camera. The four performers each take a triangle and
take place on the corners of the black sheet. They start counting in themselves
and touch the triangle every 5 turns. Because every participant counts
individually, the sound evolves to an asynchrone sound. The performer who is
between the two sheets, starts moving slowly on this sound for ten minutes,
during which in create his movement in confrontation with himself on the LCD
screen in complete darkness and visible on the videoscreen to the audience. In
this movement he tries to capture his energy of that moment.
After the ten minutes a signal stops the movement. The process than restart with
new performers. During this break performers go around and give away flyers with
various existential contrasts, in wrong oppositions. During the whole
performance the same contrasts are whispered inside the space. The whole process
( inside as well as outside ) is recorded on video. Video stills are edited on
computer and printed, and during the exhibition they are displayed. The
requisites from the performance remain on their original place and the video is
displayed continuously. As the performance evolves the individual differences in
movement are accentuated by the exhibited computer graphics, which are
updated after each performance.
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picture to see more )
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To Be or not to Be ": digital video stills of the performance: computer
graphic art 300 x 400 cm.: 2002
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