Le ich dans nicht
(2019)

This is a short summary of the piece "Le ich dans nicht" that Davide-Christelle Sanvee produced for the Swiss performance Award 2019.

In this performance, Sanvee transfigures the architecture of the Aargauer Kunsthaus through language and gesture. The imposing staircase of the museum’s foyer is staged by the artist as an enigmatic passageway between outside and inside. Rémy Zaugg’s inscription on the facade « ICH DAS BILD ICH SEHE » ( I THE PICTURE I SEE) is the starting point for Sanvee’s private dialogue with Zaugg, which she eventually projects into her surroundings. In this way, the artist poses one of her core question: To what extent do we passively adapt to the outside world as dictated by societal codes, and where do we actively create them anew?