Moppin up 3rd INTERNATIONAL
PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL ODENSE
10. – 14. September 2001
www.performance-festival-odense.dk
ARTISTS:
Eric Andersen (dk), Arahmaiana (Indonesia), Marianne Bramsen(dk) /
John Reardon (uk), Sandra Ceballos & René Esteban Quintana (Cuba),
©(dk), Philip Corner (it), Vlasta Delimar (Croatia), Jean Dupuy (fr),
Bartolomé Ferrando (es), Esther Ferrer (fr), Carl-Christian Geleff
(dk) (uk), Lars Graugaard (dk), Jesper Hendze (dk), Dr. Hannah Higgins
Jessica Higgins (USA), Joergen Hedegaard Jacobsen (dk), Ewa Jacobsson
(no), Jaroslaw Kapuscinski (Pl)(de), Alison Knowles (USA), Alexandra
Kostrubala (se), Ingrid Kristensen & Co. (dk), Eva Maria Larsson
(se) (dk), Ma Liuming (China), Hannes Malte Mahler (de), Larry Miller
(USA), Phoebe Neville (with Philip Corner) (it), Hong O-Bong (South
Korea), Yuan Mor'o Ocampo (the Philippines), Irma Optimist (fi), Felipe
Otondo (Chile/dk), Ben Patterson (de), Tina Scherzberg (dk), Willem
de Ridder (nl), S.E.L. (Lithuania), SOUND BOX, Margaret Tedesco (USA),
Trio Chroch (dk), Ben Vautier (fr), Olav Westphalen (USA)
HISTORY AND STORIES in modern performance art.
By Else Jespersen.
What is ......? By Eric Andersen.
Intro
Performance art is a hybrid with its experiments in art. It is a cross-over
of other traditional art categories like visual art, music, theatre,
dance, poetry, film, video ? often with use of the newest technology
(computer, internet, mobile-net etc.). The experimenting, border-crossing
element in performance art ? e.g. with the direct association to daily
life often means action and involvement of the audience in the performances
(interactive performances).The impact of performances generally is
to bring new experience and to set free imagination and energy by
looking at and participating in the performances.
In performance art the inspiration comes from the widest cultural
references. Performance breaks down the barriers - between conventional
art forms ? between political systems - and between human beings.
Performance is love and life.
The concept of PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL ODENSE is always 'pluralistic',
e.g. many categories of performances are represented, the 'formalistic'
performance where the 'significant' element to the performer is the
'form' - and the 'expressive' performance where the 'content' is stressed
on the feelingsand thoughts of the performer ? and even of the audience.
In 'body-art-performance' is the weight on the body of the performer
her/himself, and here you may even have the 'dialectic' between 'formalism'
and 'expressionism'.
In the new political performance we found links to present political
discussions of today. The 'pluralism' or diversity is present in races,
nationalities, ages, sexes (about 50%)
SECTION 1 of the festival:
The live performance section with about 37 solo or group performances
with 60 artists performing face-to-face with theaudience. Some performances
including outside assistants (e.g. students from the Funen Academy
of Art and the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense).
The historical dimension:
A very important dimension in the 3rd PFO is the participation of
several 'elder' Fluxus-artists from the 60s performing together and
in solo-pieces too. The Fluxus-artists are going to involve many students
from the academies of art and music in Odense.
Another important performance artist from the former performance group
ZAJ in Spain, Esther Ferrer, is giving a historical aspect, too, because
of the collaboration with Fluxus in the 60s.
The geographic dimension:
Together with the European artists 3rd PFO has participant artists
from both the West (USA and Cuba), the East (The Philippines, South
Korea, China, Indonisia). So the multi-ethnic and cultural diversity
will be represented and even different political basis for artists
are represented.
SECTION 2 of the festival:
The 'Sound Box' is a room with surround-music system and where the
public may listen to CD-recorded sound-pieces 'composed' by about
15 international artists (primarily coming from the visual area).
'Sound Box' is curated by Jacob Fabricius and Tommy Lund, Copenhagen.