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YET I STAY STILL (second act)

YET I STAY STILL is a long duration performance questioning the frontier between performance art and activist action. It melts itself into the space and the event where it is invited and takes advantage of it. It is a research on text and sound as activism and performance. Each act takes a different shape, depending on the event. It can include writing : graffitis, pamphlets, tattoos, ... or orality : alarms, talking, shouting, ...
This performance is by choice not focusing on a specific topic of any activist movement. It talks about the anger of activists facing the pain of others.
YET I STAY STILL (second act) was a 4 hour performance, occuring at unexpected times and unexpected spaces in ACT Basel festival. Each action was activated by an alarm. The performer would then write one sentence of a poem/text/manifesto/litany with spray paint directly on the walls and floors of the space.
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IT WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT DARKNESS
BUT IT CAN'T
AS IT HAS NEVER SEEN A RAY OF SUNLIGHT
IT WOULD LIKE TO YELL AT YOU
BUT IT CAN'T
AS ITS SCREECHES GET LOST INTO THE WALLS YOU BUILT
IT WOULD LIKE TO LIVE
BUT IT CAN'T
AS IT IS AN OBJECT TO YOUR EYES
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Sierre, not specified, 2019

Technics:

phone

sound box

spray paint cans

Tags

activist action intervention long duration performance performance école cantonale d'art du valais act performance festival basel 2019

Queries

ACT Performance Festival - 2019 - Basel ACT Performance Festival - 2019 ACT Performance Festival catalog - Collections catalog - Education catalog - HGK catalog - HGKplus catalog - mediathek catalog - Performance catalog - Open

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CallNumber: 5594
DateAdded: 2024-03-14T13:45:29Z
DateModified: 2024-04-04T14:20:33Z
Key: ZBQBS9HQ
Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0
RunningTime: long duration (4 hours)