Revolving Histories (#bangbang-0694)
COMMODI-FICTION
https://www.parvez.work
COMMODI-FICTION
(2021)
https://www.parvez.work
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2021
Fotos / Photos
Long-durational performance
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Public space
COMMODI-FICTION
A six-months-long solo show by Parvez; marked with Live Art Interventions and Performances that ran from April 10 to October 2, 2021 at Museum 1 in Luzern.
Each Performance / Intervention/ Live Art work, while complete in itself, added to the previous ones and evolved the narrative further each time, making it a long-duration-performance with many performances and acts within it. It had a strong focus on generating encounters and creating possibilities for active participation by the visitors.
The title of the show stems from the concept of ‘fictitious commodities’ that the economic historian and thinker, Karl Polanyi conceived, vis-à-vis the commodification of land, human labor and currency, in his work ‘The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time’. The artist expands upon these ideas, plays with the workings of a market-based- economy and also explores its connection with (neo)colonialism – the continuation of colonial subjugation and exploitation through economic, political, cultural, and/or other tools.
The uniqueness of MUSEUM 1 - a space without walls, doors, barriers and security both challenged and pushed the artist to create this Live Art work.
A six-months-long solo show by Parvez; marked with Live Art Interventions and Performances that ran from April 10 to October 2, 2021 at Museum 1 in Luzern.
Each Performance / Intervention/ Live Art work, while complete in itself, added to the previous ones and evolved the narrative further each time, making it a long-duration-performance with many performances and acts within it. It had a strong focus on generating encounters and creating possibilities for active participation by the visitors.
The title of the show stems from the concept of ‘fictitious commodities’ that the economic historian and thinker, Karl Polanyi conceived, vis-à-vis the commodification of land, human labor and currency, in his work ‘The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time’. The artist expands upon these ideas, plays with the workings of a market-based- economy and also explores its connection with (neo)colonialism – the continuation of colonial subjugation and exploitation through economic, political, cultural, and/or other tools.
The uniqueness of MUSEUM 1 - a space without walls, doors, barriers and security both challenged and pushed the artist to create this Live Art work.
Remark
The Edifice_Photo_01 & 02 by Andreas Weber
The Edifice video by Parvez
Colonizing M1_Photo_01 by Stephan Wittmer
Colonizing M1_Photo_02 by Andreas Weber
A Game of Alphabets_Photos_01 &02 by Parvez
A Game of Alphabets_Video by Parvez
Disrupt The Performance #4_Video Still
Review by Michel Rebosura for _957 Independent Art Magazine #123 COMMODI-FICTION_PARVEZ
Review by Deeksha Nath - First published in Critical Collective, India. Reprinted in _957 Independent Art Magazine #123 COMMODI-FICTION_PARVEZ
An Overview - Published in _957 Independent Art Magazine #123 COMMODI-FICTION_PARVEZ
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COMMODI-FICTION
place: Museum 1, Luzern
KuratorIn: Wittmer, Stephan
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action
Alternative
1. Photos
2. Video Stills
3. Videos
4. PDF
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Fotos / Photos
Dauer: 6 months