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| is a European performance-collective working with unforeseen encounters and mutual exchange with local people.
Our project is an ongoing research on how we can inspire society by the way we live and work together, on how an artistic micro-world can produce a broader prospect for the
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| ©Roman Liebe | |
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Initiated during the Transeuropa2012 Festival, where we were living, working and performing in a single house for six weeks. We* are Miguel Bonneville (PT), Edvinas Grin (LT), visual anthropologist Vaida Braziunaite (LT/N) and Frauke Frech. *previous member Gunnur Martinsdottir-Schlueter (IS/D) Each of us is an agent of art and her/his culture - revealing some reality of our home countries no matter where we are. We wonder how far the idea of a cultural European identity is carrying us in times when Europe seems to be defined by financial policy only. Is Europe a joint venture of financial means and no more than a loose collection of cultures that have no interconnection at all? Special thanks to: Hannah Pfurtscheller, Michael Kranixfeld, Pamina Dittmann, Aishe Spalthoff, Marlene Wolter, Kristin Green, Marco Barsda, Stefanie Hartung, Frank Oberhaeusser, Juliane Loeffler and all the people that were/are involved in Living Room activities. Presented by  | |
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>d(13) 60 wrd/min art critic |
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B O D I E S (2009) |
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| series of A0-wax-photo-objects |
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| ©Janna Rönnau | |
| Is an ongoing research on physical conditions and human relations, regarding experiences in digital media environments. How do we substitute physical presence on the internet? Via the virtual exchange of images and words we compensate for the lack of intimacy in our lives and gradually disappearing sensory stimulation. Like long distance lovers we manage to get by without physical contact. To communicate my very isolated feelings I dis-located my naked body hands on the notebook. Simultaneously I took photos with the webcam. Resulting abstract details arise from a non-graspable notion that originates in those desperate movements. Flesh, skin, non-definable anymore -representation of a lost body. Soaken and covered with beeswax these picturebodies get transparent, a highly physical surface, and haptic attraction. This work literally melts the gap between the physical and the virtual world. exhibited at: |
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| ©Arne Schmitt | |
| séquence dans un cadre (2007 / re-edit 2013) |
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| digital video with sound | 5 min. |
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A recording of a very intimate moment I have experienced in my studio. Within the camera detail that I use as a metaphor for restricting society I'm absurdly experimenting with a pair of pink socks, a tiny stick, and a mat. That moment, which I couldn't have shared with spectators is edited in a completely abstract and formal way. In order to keep my expressions as pure as possible instead of a coherent episode. exhibited at: Livraria Sá da Costa Lisboa
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