Revolving Histories (#bangbang-0455)
Circus of the Soul
https://www.dawnnilo.com
Circus of the Soul
(2021)
https://www.dawnnilo.com
Tags
vwg:declare
2021
Video 16:9
Video art
voc_absurd
Walking
Costume
Figure
Landscape
Performance description
"Circus of the Soul" was performed and exhibited in the staircase at WAAP gallery in Vancouver, Canada. It was a last minute addition to the exhibition "Dawn Nilo: Blueprints" and the works were made while waiting in quarantine during the two weeks before the exhibition. In is a reflection on the land and the times as a part of the IS A POET IS A FOOL performance project, which revolves around the figure of the fool. The project began in 2014 and encompasses many mediums, including live, photo and video performances, sculptures, installations, drawings, paintings and poetry. It is an absurd and at times seemingly futile search for existential meaning amidst the insanity of the early 21st century. The fool observes things as an outsider, from beyond time and space, destabilizing reality just enough to gain a larger perspective. Understanding that perspective in the here and now is not given, but the fool offers a feeling for its existence.
Additional
As the performance was essentially embedded within the exhibition, I have also included a two page pdf documenting that (see _02).
For the exhibition: Dawn Nilo: Blueprints
place: Wil Aballa Arts Projects, Vancouver
KuratorIn: Aballa, Will
Dokumentationstyp: Performance/Aktion für die Kamera / Performance/Action for the Camera
Medium
Video 16:9
Dauer: 4:10 min.