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Beckett Walk VI - another ghost dance
(2021)

https://www.dorothearust.ch
Rust, Dorothea; Nägeli, Barbara Rust, Dorothea (Performer)
Saemann, Andrea (DoceEnDiciembre)
Nägeli, Barbara (DoceEnDiciembre)
Gunset, Belén Romero (DoceEnDiciembre)
Regn, Chris (DoceEnDiciembre)
Hochuli, Gisela (DoceEnDiciembre)
Saidman, Jazín (DoceEnDiciembre)
Funes, Luján (DoceEnDiciembre)
Lascano, Maja (DoceEnDiciembre)
Dillier, Monika (DoceEnDiciembre)
Junqueira, Paola (DoceEnDiciembre)
Saemann, Andrea (Eventcurator)
Regn, Chris (Eventcurator)
Dillier Monika (Eventcurator)
in Kooperation mit Kaskadenkondensator Basel und URRA Argentinien (Eventcurator)
Video Installation: Dorothea Rust / Fotos Performance: Urs Schmid (Camera)
Tags
Improvisation Dance performance Myths Ritual Nature-Culture Symbolically Connecting

Beckett Walk VI - another ghost dance is part of a series of ghost dances that I started in 2021. It is the second ghost dance in this series. It was preceded by interviews I conducted with the participants of the project DOCE EN DICIEMBRE, Basel Edition. I asked them about their relationship to ghosts: whether they believe in ghosts, who their ghosts are, what they want from their ghosts and more ... An iron column in the middle of the exhibition space acted as a totem. Pictures and objects from my work series "L'animoteur ..." were temporarily attached to it with magnets. The entire course of the performance was choreographed. I was the process developer and master of ceremonies for this ghost dance. "Another ghost dance" also refers to the ghost monologue by Jacques Derrida from the film "Ghost Dance" by Ken McMullen (1983) and to the many ghosts that surround us all every day. Ritual and spiritual practices are still practiced in times of crisis in other cultures, but in our society they have moved further away. "Another ghost dance" is designed as a collective experience. All Doce-En-Diciembre participants contributed their personal concerns and actions to the ghost dance based on the interviews conducted with them. Barbara Nägelin developed a 22-minute soundscape for this ghost dance, which she was able to extend to the entire length of the performance.
Additional
«Doce en Diciembre» ist ein Austauschprojekt zwischen Künstlerinnen aus der Schweiz und Südamerika mit Schwerpunkt auf kollaborativen, künstlerischen Praktiken und Performance Kunst. Die Künstlerinnen teilen ein gemeinsames Interesse an aktivistischen, kollektiven Ansätzen innerhalb der Kunstwelt und des Alltags, mit einem ökonomischen und feministischen Fokus- und Fördersystem. Der Event 'Basel Edition' wurde gemeinsam mit URRA Buenos Aires kuratiert, und fand in Form einer Gemeinschaftsausstellung, zweier Performance-Events und Künstlergesprächen statt. Teilnehmende Künstlerinnen: Andrea Saemann, Basel Barbara Naegelin, Basel Belén Romero Gunset, Tucumán, Argentina Chris Regn, Basel/Hamburg Dorothea Rust, Zürich Gisela Hochuli, Bern Jazmín Saidman, Buenos Aires, Argentina Luján Funes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Maja Lascano, Buenos Aires, Argentina Monika Dillier, Basel Paola Junqueira, Sao Paolo, Brasil
DOCE EN DICIEMBRE - Basel Edition, Ausstellung und Performances

place: Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
KuratorIn: Saemann, Andrea; Regn, Chris; Dillier Monika; in Kooperation mit Kaskadenkondensator Basel und URRA Argentinien
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action

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Video (Dokumentation der Installation) Fotostrecke (Dokumentation der Performance)
Medium

Video 16:9
Dauer: ca. 40 Min.