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FLAG (homage to Jasper Johns), 2008
tape, real one-dollar bills, hair on muslin, 58 x 98 inches |
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photos by Chris Woltmann |
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Video Excerpts of the live-performance FLAG (homage to Jasper Johns)
PERFORMANCE/ART WORK directed by Andrea Haenggi
PERFORMED by Oceane McCord, Andrea Haenggi, Candice Schnurr and Uta Takemura
SOUND/MUSIC: Handel's "Messiah" plus our voices. As the art work was not totally
finished when our official performance time was over, the Ecuadorian band INKHAY took
the stage as we completed the art work. The duration of the total work was 50 minutes. |
Description
During Haenggi's choreographic residency with her company AMDaT this summer at
the Queens Museum, she explored the difference between a dance and a piece of
visual art. She questioned: What is the value they have in the world: the kinetic
live-performance a one time experience in relation of a pictorial image that can
be bought and sold. The residency concluded with a performance on August 8th as
part of QMA's Passport Fridays event series. During the choreographed live-performance
Haenggi directed dancers Oceane McCord, Candice Schnurr and Uta Takemura as they
changed from being dancers to becoming art tools. Haenggi used the dancers' body
shapes as templates for the creation of an art work - attaching dollar bills to
an empty canvas to create a post-modern version of the American Flag.
The choreographic residency was presented by the Queens Museum of Art and Topaz
Arts, Inc.
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AMDaT, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization. All contributions are
fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the law. Your generous contribution
allows us to bring innovative live-performance dance works combined with visual
art to a national and international community in the effort to give new and
unexpected experiences that transform the way the audience sees and inhabits
the world.
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video stills from live-performance
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video stills from live-performance |
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