This version of Kaprow’s “Fluids” makes a material shift: from ice blocks to the assembly of the human body. The new work attempts to reconsider and reposition itself in relation to some of the issues addressed by the original work—the medium of sculpture, the concept of the monument, temporality, participation, and the production of collectivity. It also considers the human body as a medium and the materiality of “intangible” performative works and their economy in a time of a (second) “performative turn” in visual arts. It also attempts a more abstract way of being together—the participants are built into a structure 9 meters long and 3 meters wide instead of constructing an external object, thus reflecting the impact of today’s immaterial labor (in affluent societies) in contrast to the former dynamics of the industrial era and the factory floor.
The live, sound sculpture “melted” from 12 to 8 p.m. in Potsdamer Platz.
Concept: Alexandra Pirici Curators: Lisa Marei Schmidt, Udo Kittelmann Production: Hannes Frey Organization: Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin Art Week Photography: Alice Heyward
Performers: Ferre Naima, Valerie Renay, Zuzanna Ratajczyk, Paul Walker, Jozefiens Beckers, Reza Mirabi, Juan Gabriel Harcha, Julia Illmer, Josephine Findeisein, Marc Carrera, Annekatrin Kiesel, Amit Goldenberg, Miriam Kongstad, Maria Ferrara, Iam Campigotto, Helen Follert, Kathrin Knopfle, Jasmin Ihrac, Gregori Homa, Katarzyna Guzowska, Yolika Poulopoulou, Darcy Wallace, Julia Jadkowski, Ana Mrdjanov, Leonie Nadler, Jana Kruger, Carina Erdmann, Sura Hertzberg, Ralph Klein, Annette Zander, Alice Heyward, Yuca Meubrink, Viviana Druga, Rene Ricarda Vollhardt, Edith Buttingsrud Pedersen, Carlos Kong, Emily Ranford, Thomas Mielmann, Tobias Kluge, Corinne Schlichting, Lenine Guevara, Martha Hincapié Charry, Andrei Barza, Rachell Clark, Tatiana Heide, Laura von Raffay, David Loscher, Neele Ruckdeschel, Sven Hermans, Frida Yngvesson, Hanna Nordqvist, Giulia Heder, Sarah Bouars, Maddy White, Miha Jensterle, Rebekka Böhme, Pedro Vieira da Costa Filho, Juliane Dames, Jessica Kammerer, Paul Riemann, Eva Rozalia Tankó, Judica Albrecht, Lola Lustosa, Camila Rhodi, Dmitriy Povernov, Benjamin Egger, Uwe Zimmermann, Sarah Berger, Marie Zwinzscher, Sophie Camille Brunner, Anton Rose
