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La molécule (in the screen)

Knobel, Stefanie; Meul, Desirée; Sourgidiaki, Eirini; Knobel, Stefanie; Gonella, Fanny; Studerus, Gabriel

The video, La molécule (in the screen), was based on a performance filmed on January 18, 2015, at Tanzhaus in Zürich. In the video, several persons work together to create a sequence of shared gestures. Inspired by Yvonne Rainer and her famous performance, Trio A (1968), the artist incorporates simple, fragmentary movements that explore action and examine their own performativity. Dressed in identical outfits, the bodies are interchangeable, and their way of moving is reminiscent of the regularity and systematic character of a machine. The rhythm, however, is disrupted by the uneven ground that makes it difficult to shift body weight. The symmetry, initially established by a set of mirrors, is unsettled by the entrance of several similar bodies, diffracting the first entity. The words spoken by a voice off-screen contribute to the difficulty in identifying a subject, thus creating an opaque first person. Here, Knobel references Roland Barthes and his research on the “neutral”. The neutral allows us to let go of the binary habitus for the sake of a zone of conflict or undecidability. The neutral undermines both the notion of identity and the search for meaning.

Künstlerhaus Bremen, FRAC Lorraine Metz, Aargauer Kunsthaus, 2017, 2018, 2919

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video/video installation

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Sprecher:innen Deutsche Version: Marie-Theres Hölig Version français: Marion Aeschlimann

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anderesformat: 2 Basketbälle
camera: Studerus, Gabriel
dauer: 18:00
doctype: Performance/Aktion für die Kamera / Performance/Action for the Camera
eventcurator: Gonella, Fanny
eventplace: Künstlerhaus Bremen, FRAC Lorraine Metz, Aargauer Kunsthaus
festival
function: Choreografie/Peformance/Video
jahrgang: 1983
medium: Video 16:9
performers: Meul, Desirée; Sourgidiaki, Eirini; Knobel, Stefanie
remark: Sprecher:innen Deutsche Version: Marie-Theres Hölig Version français: Marion Aeschlimann
sprache: eng