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Dickerson, Brendhan; Edens, Saskia; Mes, Willem

A partially naked man is standing in a 1.2 m high block of wood with his hands over his eyes. Attached to a harness he is wearing is a tangle of long irregular metal bars with pink pompoms on the ends. Slowly he begins to sink at the knees and to bend over. As he does so the bars begin to separate and rise up into the air behind him , as his decending body places tension on a cable linking him, to the ceiling. The lower he goes, the more unstable he becomes, and the bars wave around as though alive. Fianlly he falls off the block, which crashes over onto the ground. The man is caught by the bars which now radiate out and upwards behind him in radiating lines, reminiscent of wings. . the man and his bars together forma very kinetic mobile

Le Ventre (former synagogue) Hegenheim. Fr, 2019

https://www.brendhandickerson.com

Additional

This Perfomance was first perfomed at the Gimme Shelter Benefit event at M54September 2019, ( being invited to produce a work or this event by Evelyn Schuep and Mathias Aeberli) however no satisfactory video exists of this debut event

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vwg:declare 2019 Video 16:9 voc:voc_Genres:voc_Living Sculpture voc:voc_Themen:voc_Körper und Raum voc:voc_Qualitäten:voc_bildhaft voc:voc_Handlungen:voc_hängen voc:voc_Materialien:voc_Präpariertes Performanceobjekt voc:voc_Mittel:voc_Körper und Objekt voc:voc_Räume:voc_Setting/Installation voc:voc_Materialtyp:voc_Dokumentation einer Performance

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References

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Full spec

anderesformat: photos
camera: Edens, Saskia (video); Mes, Willem (Images)
dauer: 1.43 mins
doctype: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action
eventcurator
eventplace: Le Ventre (former synagogue) Hegenheim. Fr
festival: This performance at Le Ventre was part of the Summe Basel Festival
function: the artist
jahrgang: 10.12.1968
medium: Video 16:9
performers
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schlagwort: Genres:Living Sculpture;Themen:Körper und Raum;Qualitäten:bildhaft;Handlungen:hängen;Materialien:Präpariertes Performanceobjekt;Mittel:Körper und Objekt;Räume:Setting/Installation;Materialtyp:Dokumentation einer Performance
sprache: eng