bags | 2010

BAGS - the body as counterpart

Mute, faceless, motionless. Covered in sack cloth and a telephone number embroidered on a sock makes the body seem reachable and identifiable. What happens when the number is dialed?

BAGS are ongoing dis/appearances of min 8 hours and max 24 hours.

A seemingly motionless body in an animated space plays with the perception of its surroundings: aspects of paranoia, illusion, emotional and social confusion are activated through the spread of rumors, camouflage, non-verbal communication, visually imperceptible movements and unnoticed changes of location...
The problems of staying hydrated and warm, staying on the edge of the radar and becoming a projection screen for the thoughts and opinions of bystanders are integral to the physical and mental work involved.

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For more information on BAGS please contact radical_hope.
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Tour

01-05-2010 until 2 May (17 hours) : invited by NG in the frame of LET'S SWIM TO OUR ISLANDS - nadine - Plateau, Brussels
07-10-2011 until 8 Oct (24 hours) : invited by Davis Freeman in the frame of EXPANDING ENERGY, Kaaitheater - Brussels
14-09-2019 until 15 Sep (12 hours) : invited by Gouvernement / Nightshift, VierNullVier
02-12-2022 (12 hours) : EVPA Annual Conference / experience track, co-curated by Simone Basani & Mariken Gaanderse


originally conceived on an invitation of :
NG
concept & performance :
Heike Langsdorf
costume - sleeping BAG / Brussels - nadine :
Barbette, radical_hope
rumors at nadine / Brussels :
Lilia Mestre, NG, Elke Van Campenhout, Joël Verwimp, Nicolas Y Galeazzi, ...
rumors at Kaaitheater / Brussels :
Helga Baert, Ulrike Dobmeier, Katja Dreyer, Davis Freeman, Guy Gypens, Lilia Mestre, Herman Venderickx, ...
pictures :
Dolores Hulan, Heike Langsdorf, Various Artists, Herman Vendrickx
support & context :
Kunst/Werk, APASS, radical_hope