Vlatka Horvat This Here and That There 2010
hyde or die
“So I wanted to make this space in space and time so that people could forget what I did before. Usually when I’m walking around I’m thinking about how I’m accumulating time between identities. Physically, I’m thinking ‘breathe, breathe … is that a cop?’ I’m too busy running the piece.”
— Mr. Dropout (aka Nate Hill) on his latest (wildly publicized) performance piece.
Francis Alÿs The Green Line: SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POETIC CAN BECOME POLITICAL AND SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POLITICAL CAN BECOME POETIC, 2007
Go-go dancing at the Hammer.
During the Sardines and Oranges show at the Hammer in 2008 they had dancer Falk Hentschel dance on the 1991 piece Untitled (Go-go dancing platform) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres for 5 minutes, unscheduled, every day.
Reason #4,598 that I love the Hammer so much.
Joel Kyack Superclogger 2010
Superclogger will present various puppet shows to drivers caught in afternoon traffic jams from a mobile theater housed in the back of a nondescript white pickup truck. Broadcasting soundtracks discretely to the viewer’s car stereo, Superclogger aims to briefly halt the progression of chaos by temporarily drawing the audience out of the commute experience and placing them within an intimate space of engagement and performance that highlights their own individual presence within the broader structure of the traffic jam.
I am excited and curious about how this will turn out. I don’t drive on freeways too often, much less during rush hours, but I won’t pretend that I won’t be checking out the back of every white truck I pass. They will be twittering their locations, which is good, because if you have enough time to check your twitter while driving on the 405 there will be a good chance they might be somewhere near.
Needless to say, I have questions.
- Is this kind of dangerous? I mean, the people who are on the LAXART email blasts are a fraction of the population of Los Angeles…will drivers take this as taunting?
- Will this be distracting to other drivers? If it causes an accident, is it their fault?
- Will the person driving the white truck get distracted and cause an accident?
- Will anyone actually go out of their way to get onto the 405 (or whatever) to try and find this truck during rush hour?
Marco Anelli Paco Blancas 2010
“She almost acts as a catalyst. She presses the button that makes you feel all these emotions and feelings. I think through the concentration and the focus, plus the energy of the audience, it creates this movement within you. It’s very subtle the way it happens. Maybe it’s just an image that pops while I’m connected with Marina. Let’s say it’s an image of someone I love deeply, and then this creates the emotion, the tears just come out. Most of the time it’s tears of joy. You’re just being and thinking about somebody or something that’s important in your life. And then just acknowledging this person or situation and moving on into being present because yeah, the tears come, but I don’t want to cry for the entire sitting. I want to move on and continue to be with Marina, to be present.” -Paco Blancas on what has lured him to tears while sitting with Abramovic during his 14 visits..
Artichoke The Sultan’s Elephant 2006
In 2006, Artichoke mounted the biggest piece of free theatre ever seen in London, set against the city’s magnificent landmarks.
Created by French theatrical magicians, Royal de Luxe, The Sultan’s Elephant featured a vast, time-travelling mechanical elephant, taller than Admiralty Arch and 42 tonnes in weight, and a giant girl, twenty feet high.
