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Ovation
(2002)

https://www.pascalegrau.ch
Grau, Pascale Keller, Dominik (Camera)
Tags
Staging Appropriation Value Repetitive Emotions Media transmission Figure Studio

"The artist enters "her stage" and thanks her audience for their applause for several minutes. But we hear no clapping and see no curtain. We are in the artist's studio, she steps into the picture in black evening dress in front of a white-painted wall, the only sound is the creaking of the floorboards. "In her video performance "Ovation", Pascale Grau first places the audience in the private situation of her studio, then they become more and more part of the fictitious audience, drawn into the minute-long, equally fictitious ovation, for which the artist thanks everyone with her bows and a beaming smile." Matthias Scheurer "...In the performance, which is also an exit, the situation of thunderous applause, 5 minutes of fame is played out. The apparent slowing down, with which corresponding scenes are emphasized in Hollywood cinema, is itself a "fake" here. The slow motion is produced in real time, the jubilant bath in the recognition of the crowd takes place in silence in the artist's studio." Katrin Grögel
Additional
Bitte beachtet, dass dieses Videoperformance später (2005 der längste Tag, Zürich) ihre mediale Übersetzung (Weiterschreibung) in der gleichnamigen Live-Performance erfuhr.
Remark
bevorzugt als lebensgrosse Projektion (2x3 Meter) zu zeigen.
VIPER Basel 2002, Basel / Letzter Eingriff, Altes Frauenspital Bern / Grau, Pascale; Galerie Werkstatt Reinach / Regionale 2002, Kunst Raum Riehen 2002; Licht Feld 5, Jakob Burckardt Haus, Basel 2005

place: Basel 02; Bern 02; Reinach 02, Riehen 02; Basel 05
Dokumentationstyp: Performance/Aktion für die Kamera / Performance/Action for the Camera

Medium

Video 4:3
Dauer: 5:30