Videos
2002
Impermanencia-Impermanence
Exhibition and performances 2002
Impermanencia-Impermanence, Camac (Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre), Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Impermanencia-Impermanence, digital video 13'24'' (extract 7'46''), 2002
From 22 March to 16 April, I made a performance per week in Camac's gallery to generate encounter and dialogue with visitors. I repeated some of the performances around the village. All these performances are edited in a digital video, 13’24”, 2002.
Opening performance on 22 March 2002: I copied, by hand on vellum paper with honey, the Book of Ezekiel from the Bible. During the opening I licked the words in public.
Performance on 30 March 2002: I asked several persons from Marnay-sur-Seine and from its surrounding villages to write me a short word. I wrote the words using pancake dough and cooked them. In the gallery, I offered the words covered with honey to the visitors. I gave each person a different word than the one he/she previously gave me.
Performance on 6 April 2002: I wrote on my arms and hands short paragraphs about the human body from different perspectives (the paragraphs were excerpts from newspapers and literature). I gave the participants a written text explaining the performance and I asked them for permission to write on their hands or arms. Once I finished writing, I asked them to have the text read by two other persons. I went around the village repeating the performance.
Performance on 13 April 2002: I wrote “elle regarde” (she sees) on my eyelids. I asked the visitors to read my eyelids and to take a picture of me. In return I took a picture of them without opening my eyes.
Performance 22 April 2002: I embroidered the word merci on the honey written vellum paper from the first performance. I mailed them to visitors and participants of the performances.
