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Trace Place
https://www.kovacevska.net
Trace Place
(2009)
https://www.kovacevska.net
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vwg:declare
2009
Video 16:9
Walk
Architecture
Power-Impotence
Conceptual
Projection
Exhibition space
Public space
“Trace Place” (2009) was a one-hour live interactive performance that took place simultaneously in New Belgrade and the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Serbia, on 31 July 2009.
In “Trace Place”, the artist performed a walk in the central part of New Belgrade where currently most of Belgrade's construction activity takes place. During her walk, she was navigated by the audience in the Salon that followed her position in real-time on a Google Satellite View of New Belgrade. While walking, she also took pictures of new buildings with her mobile phone (many of which were not yet visible on the Satellite View) and sent them in real-time to the Salon.
Combining juxtapositions such as past and present, real and virtual, and visible and invisible the piece reflected on New Belgrade’s rapid changes and urban development, and questioned the power and limitations of modern technology.
In “Trace Place”, the artist performed a walk in the central part of New Belgrade where currently most of Belgrade's construction activity takes place. During her walk, she was navigated by the audience in the Salon that followed her position in real-time on a Google Satellite View of New Belgrade. While walking, she also took pictures of new buildings with her mobile phone (many of which were not yet visible on the Satellite View) and sent them in real-time to the Salon.
Combining juxtapositions such as past and present, real and virtual, and visible and invisible the piece reflected on New Belgrade’s rapid changes and urban development, and questioned the power and limitations of modern technology.
Additional
“Trace Place” is part of Kovacevska’s “The Walking Project” (2006 – 2010), a series of live media performances that took place in various cities in Europe. In each performance Kovacevska conducted a walk in a certain city area, whilst being navigated by a remote audience. During the walk her position was fed-back to the audience in real-time via GPS/Google Maps.
Each walk was based on a certain topic related to the respective city (e.g. de-industrialisation in Bradford or surveillance in Zagreb).
At its core, “The Walking Project” explored the aspect of human-human and human-technology interdependence on the one hand, and the tension between our desire and fear of both freedom/choice and control/boundaries on the other.
Remark
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BELGRADE: NONPLACES – Art in Public Space
place: Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
KuratorIn: Popovic, Una; Drazic, Dusica
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action
Alternative
PDF catalogue of exhibition: http://www.thewalkingproject.net/belgrade/background.pdf
Medium
Video 16:9
Dauer: 60:00 min