bags | 2010
BAGS - the body as counterpart
BAGS are ongoing dis/appearances of min 8 hours and max 24 hours.
Making use of nonverbal communication and and visually undetecable movement and relocating, camouflage, and the spreading of rumours: in a busy and 'occupied' space a 'motionless' body plays with the perception of its surrounding and provokes moments of paranooa and illusion.
A performer commits him-/herself within a given public setting (festival lounge, shopping mall, public space, etc.) to dress in a bag-costume, lay down in a sleeping position and move as little as possible and for as long as possible. He/she waits for 'blind moments', during which an unrecognizable change of location can take place.
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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, Brussels07-10-2011 until 8 Oct (24 hours) : invited by Davis Freeman in the frame of EXPANDING ENERGY, Kaaitheater - Brussels
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