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bags | 2010


BAGS - the body as counterpart

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...

A performer commits him-/herself within a given public setting (festival lounge, shopping mall, public space, etc.) to dress in sack cloth, go in sleeping position/s and, for as long as the body can afford, move as little as possible.

The problems of staying hydrated and warm, staying on the edge of the radar on the one hand, and becoming a projection screen for the thoughts and opinions of bystanders on the other, are integral to the physical and mental work involved.

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





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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



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