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Revolving Histories (#bangbang-0109)

Boden [ver]leitet
(2013)

https://www.lindaluv.net
Luv, Linda Luv, Linda (Camera)
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Dance performance Architecture Dancing Public space Documentation of a performance

Max Bill Platz is a recent product of Zurich's urban planning. Situated in a 'modern' architectural environment that follows the spirit of high-end society, its function is to give the quarter a "compelling identity". A place that as yet has no history, is not the scene of political events, an expression of power or a set monument. In this sense, a ground without content, a place in search of a use. Max Bill Platz is made for the next generation - but what possibilities are there for the appropriation and perception of the place? The square has a triangular shape - consisting of different gray floor slabs, it forms an abstract checkerboard pattern. Like a carpet, lined with a metal edge and slightly raised, it lies on the urban ground. A carpet that invites you to walk on it and develop your own rhythms of movements and directions from its structures. Following these instructions, I developed a score for the square. I danced my way to the center of the square for 2.5 hours in a snail-like pattern to the rhythm of the ground. The size and tension of the square, its own breath, can be felt through my movements.
Additional
Die Videodokumentation ist 1:30 lang.
Remark
Die Performance entstand im Rahmen meiner Untersuchungen zum Thema "Boden [ver]leitet" - das Buch dazu ist digital als PDF hinzugefügt. Die Performance wurde hier als Untersuchungsmethode angewandt. Sie fand unangekündigt im öffentlichen Raum statt. Im Buch finden sich weitere Details zur Arbeit, Platzbeschreibungen und Handlungsanweisungen nach denen ich die Performance durchgeführt habe. Das Buch ist auch physisch als gebundene Ausgabe verfügbar.

place: Max-Bill-Platz, Zürich-Oerlikon
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action

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Video und Buch
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Video 4:3
Dauer: 150