PAS | The Wall publication
PAS #42 | 'Salt & Pepper' Salt and Pepper are two crucial ingredients in preparing a tasty dish. Both are unique flavours plus there are many different kinds of salt and pepper out there and each variation vastly changes the taste of your dish. So with this in mind, we want to add some different kinds of "salt" and "pepper" to practice and theory in Performance Art. What different kinds of Performance Art practice and theory can we apply and how can these elements shape a performance holistically? We will explore these possibilities and present them in the final public performance. In the first part of the course, we will offer a variety of exercises, tasks and assignments on Performance Art practice. Students will gain knowledge in dealing with the different aspects of Performance Art and how elements such as body, space, time and materiality can be utilised. In doing so, the participants are encouraged to find their own personal approach to Performance Art. The second part of the course will be based on theory in which the participants will apply theoretical knowledge in reflecting upon their own practice. This will be done through lectures, discussions and critiques which aim to broaden participants knowledge and understanding of Performance Art.
PAS | The Wall publication Realized as part of P AS #42 | ‘Salt & Pepper’, Oslo, Norway 2015 Starting from the first meeting to the goodbye moment at the end we undergo an intensive, vivid artistic and mainly experimental process. Including various experimental settings, exercises, games, tasks and assignments we test different aspects of performance art. The process is rich in its researches, ideas, philosophies and questions. The often pure and raw artistic process is the base on which performance art concepts are developed and executed. It contains knowledge which goes beyond the actual artistic work and inspires other nonartistic fields. PAS is working very much with the concept of an unrehearsed artistic action including the failure in front of a present audience. The focus is pointed on the 'unidentified', the ‘unknown’. How to preserve this collective gathered knowledge which is the source of this process and its results? ‘The Wall’ provides a form, similar to a notebook, as an uncensored space in which thoughts, statements, feelings, questions, drawings, writings and pictures are displayed throughout the whole studies at the wall. It is an open and shared platform and with its performative charm ‘The Wall’ offers the view on connections and intersections throughout the whole process. It is possible to use this tool as a reminder or memory during different stages of the process. In case of getting lost, or stuck, or confused ‘The Wall’ helps to find another path to continue the artistic endeavor. Everybody is responsible to enrich ‘The Wall’ with his or hers comments on the process. The constantly collected documents at ‘The Wall’ offers each day orientation on how we got until this point and supports the reflection as a motor of the learning process. Furthermore it opens the view on the particular free spaces and areas which are not discovered yet.
This publication documents ‘The Wall’ which was created by Lykourgos Porfyris, Kachun Lay, Anne Cecilie Caroline Brunborg Lie, Ruth Biene, Live Marianne Noven, Gabriela Gonçalves, Ronald Bal, Katarina Henriksen, Aksel Norreen Hauklien, Merel Stolker, Courtney Grant, Kristin Nango, Sara Schwienbacher, Susanne Irene Fjørtoft, Monika Sobczak, Kirsten Heshusius, BBB Johannes Deimling, Thomas Alkärr during PAS #42 | 'Salt & Pepper' in collaboration with the PAO - Performance Art Oslo festival and KiHO - Oslo national academy of the arts, Norway. All photos in this documentation are made by Monika Sobczak. BBB Johannes Deimling PAS | artistic director Monika Sobczak PAS | photographer Kirsten Heshusius PAS | artistic advisor
Links PAS | Performance Art Studies: http://pas.bbbjohannesdeimling.de PAS #42 | 'Salt & Pepper': http://tinyurl.com/PAS-42-salt-pepper PAO - Performance Art Oslo: http://www.performanceartoslo.no
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all involved Lykourgos Porfyris Kachun Lay Anne Cecilie Caroline Brunborg Lie Ruth Biene Live Marianne Noven Gabriela Gonçalves Ronald Bal Katarina Henriksen Aksel Norreen Hauklien Merel Stolker Courtney Grant Kristin Nango Sara Schwienbacher Susanne Irene Fjørtoft Monika Sobczak Kirsten Heshusius BBB Johannes Deimling Thomas Alkärr Franzisca Siegrist Tanja Thorjussen Kirsty Kross Pietro Pellini Magnús Logi Kristinsson Therese Veier NRK PAO - Performance Art Oslo KiHO - Oslo National Academy of the Arts PAS | Performance Art Studies