CURATORS IN CONVERSATIONS
Colette Olof and Chris Clarke
Drawing on the simultaneous exhibitions at de Brakke Grond and FOAM, this curatorial conversation addresses the respective themes of the exhibitions; performance and still life, and the contextualization of the works within them.
COLLIDER (AFTER EARL AND HORACE)
Performance by G.Leddington
This performance takes as its departure point a very particular exercise in timing developed by banjoist Earl Scruggs and his brother Horace. After starting a tune at the front of their house, they would walk in opposite directions around the house until they met half way to see if they were still in time. Appropriated and performed in a gallery setting this process becomes a meditation on the idea of revision, repetition, temporality and coherence. (Throughout DBG)
THE DOCUMENTER
Performance by Axel Braun
This ‘parasitical’ performance by Axel Braun looks at the relationship between the live performance and the desire to photographically document such actions. Insinuating itself within the existing live programme of The Second Act, Braun plays the role of the documenter, producing and printing images in real time that don’t necessarily capture an authentic recording of the event.
ANONYMOUS ART AUCTION by Dead Darlings
Dead Darlings is an anonymous and subversive auction series that started in Amsterdam in 2005. By tradition, all the lots will be introduced by title only and contributing artists will not be revealed in connection to the work until the sale is final. By keeping the auctioned work anonymous Dead Darlings want to take pressure off the names, and give the works the opportunity to stand on their own. Dead Darlings are Tania Theodorou, Lina Ozerkina and Adam Etmanski.
