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Naked Slow Walk
(2014)

https://www.ritualtheater.ch, www.bodyandfreedom.com
Zollinger, Thomas Kirsche, Elias (Performer)
Ackermann, Glynis (Performer)
Zollinger, Thomas (Performer)
Matešić, Emil (Eventcurator)
Vedran Grladinović (Camera)

Slow naked walking of the 3 performers in Varsavska Street. After about 12 minutes, Elias Kirsche and Glynis Ackermann lie down on the ground in Flower Square. Three minutes later, two policemen appear on the square. While they are talking to the performers lying on the ground, Thomas Zollinger approaches and touches their bodies, the sign to get up. The policemen move aside before definitively stopping the performers who continue on their way. After 20 minutes, Emil Matešić reveals himself as the artistic director of the festival, identifies himself and shows the permit for the event, which is not convincing. The naked people get dressed and are driven to the police station, where they have to wait for two hours. The fine of around 300 euros is paid by the festival organizers on the basis of Art. 14 (disturbance of public order) as previously agreed.
Additional
Emil Matešić hatte die Bewilligung für eine Kunst-Performance, aber nicht für einen Nacktauftritt. Er wollte ausloten, was 33 Jahre nach Tomislav Gotovacs "Zagreb I love you" möglich ist, mit gutem Grund, denn die Stadt Zagreb wirbt mit einem Plakat des nackten Gotovac und ehrt ihn mit einer Erinnerungsplatte im Asphalt, dank der Initiative von Emil Matešić. Der Naked Slow Walk fand am 13.09.2014 um die Mittagszeit statt. Die Medienresonanz war riesig, in Kroatien, den umliegenden Ländern, aber auch in der Schweiz, Deutschland und Österreich.
Zagreb, I love you Festival

place: Zagreb
KuratorIn: Matešić, Emil
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action

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Video 16:9
Dauer: 5:49