Performative Elements (2007/2008)

Performative Elements

2007
Performative Elements
Installation consisting of several elements, used for staging the presentation of the art prize and the press photo shooting.
speaker’s desk: brown paper, wood, plasterboard, c. 134 cm x 48 cm x 48 cm
platform 1: wood, c. 9 cm x 45 cm x 17 cm
platform 2: wood, c. 20.5 cm x 50 cm x 22.5 cm
platform 3: wood, c. 20.5 cm x 50.5 cm x 21.5 cm
wallpaper: brown paper, wood, c. 3.27 m x 4.00 m
Installation view, solo exhibition Performative Elements, art award of Tisa von der Schulenburg-Stiftung, Dorsten, 2007, Photo: Roman März

This work is published at /seconds, issue 8.


Performative Elements Dorsten

2007
Performative Elements Dorsten
Photographs of intermedial performances, in: WAZ, No. 285, 7 December 2007; Dorstener Zeitung, No. 286, 8 December 2007; WAZ, No. 287, 10 December 2007; Dorstener Zeitung, No. 287, 10 December 2007
4-parts, edition of 3 (+2EA); Frame measurements: 2 frames each 56 cm x 41.5 cm; 2 frames each 60 cm x 42.5 cm, Photo: Roman März

Foto 1 WAZ
detail: WAZ, No. 285, 7 December 2007

These photographs of intermedial performances were taken in the installation Performative Elements, at my individual exhibition of the same title in Dorsten. The first two photographs were taken during the press conference, where I repeated the same pose with two different wigs. The third and fourth photographs were taken during the exhibition opening, where I received the Schulenburg-Stiftung art prize. The plinths ensured that all of the performers at the award ceremony met at eye-level. The press photos were published in newspapers over the following days. The respective pages from these newspapers bearing my signature were then framed and presented as a four-part edition opposite the installation.


Performative Elements

2008
Performative Elements
Installation consisting of several elements, used for staging the exhibition opening and the press photo shooting.
speaker’s desk: brown paper, wood, plasterboard, c. 134 cm x 48 cm x 48 cm
platform 1: wood, c. 9 cm x 45 cm x 17 cm
platform 2: wood, c. 20.5 cm x 50 cm x 22.5 cm
platform 3: wood, c. 20.5 cm x 50.5 cm x 21.5 cm
wallpaper: characters of black paste-up, tape, strips of reflective material.
Installation view, solo exhibition Performative Elements, art award of Tisa von der Schulenburg-Stiftung, RWE-Tower, Dortmund, 2008, Photo: Frank Peterschröder

Performative Elements Dortmund
Dr Hanns-Ferdinand Müller, board member of RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems AG, in action. Opening at the RWE-Tower, Dortmund, 12 February 2008, Photo: Frank Peterschröder