Beckett Walk VI - another ghost dance
(2021)

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 become more distant. "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.