BBB Johannes Deimling
dal 24/4/2014 al 25/4/2014
Segnalato da
24/4/2014
BBB Johannes Deimling
SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
In 'A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss' new cycle of visual performances, the artist focuses on the concept of motion and employs the language of poetry to build up performative visuals.
curated by Chiara Cartuccia
A rolling stone gathers no moss (2013-…) is a new cycle of visual performances by BBB Johannes Deimling. In this series the artist focuses on the concept of motion and employs the language of poetry to build up performative visuals. Relying on the assumption that our entire life is based on and driven by the motion of repetition (e.g. breathing), in his performative statements Deimling speculates on the convergence of motion and the end of it. If left still, a stone starts to gather moss and gets the time to define its tracks and change its identity. Being in constant interaction, motion and no-motion (standstill or pause) produce a rhythm similar to a heartbeat—starting and breaking off without a fixed pattern.
On Friday, April 25, within the frame of Present Tense Series, the performance art program of SAVVY Contemporary for 2014, BBB Johannes Deimling will present the 8th chapter of his performance cycle A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss, in collaboration with young Berlin artist Lotte Kaiser. During the same night the audience will get a chance to witness another performance piece by the French artist Corentin Leven.
On Saturday, April 26, BBB Johannes Deimling will present “There’s no smoke without fire”, an artist talk on the topic teaching performance art.
BBB Johannes Deimling’s (1969 in Andernach, Germany) artistic practice encompasses performance art, action art, video, installation, drawing and music. Since 1988 Deimling has traded on everyday objects to create living images (agierte Bilder) that would reflect a society full of contradictions, sentimentality, stupidity, creativity and cooperation. Searching for and finding ideas and suggestions in the banalities of daily life, Deimling transforms topics such as patience, will, war, religion or transportation into physical and poetic images. His ephemeral work has been on show in Europe, Israel, Canada, South America and Cuba, including the ICA in London, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Kiasma I museum for contemporary art in Helsinki, Center for contemporary art in Tel Aviv, Art Hall in Tallinn, Cornerhouse Gallery in Manchester, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. Deimling participated in several international Performance Art Festivals, such as Interakcje in Poland, 7a11d in Canada, Bone in Switzerland, AccionMAD in Spain, Venice International Performance Art Week in Italy.
Since 1998, Deimling has been actively lecturing and teaching on performance art at various academic institutions, including the F+F, school for art and media design in Zürich, Switzerland; the Estonian Art Academy in Tallinn, Estonia; the Akademi for Szenekunst in Fredrikstad, Norway, and the TU Dresden in Germany. Since 2012, he is Associate Professor for Performance Art at NTA – Norwegian Theatre Academy at the Østfold University College. In 2008 he founded PAS-Performance Art Studies, a workshop project for international art students and young artists, hold in Canada, Germany, Israel, Serbia, France, Poland, Norway, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Cyprus, Netherlands and Estonia.
For more information please visit:
http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/
Opening 25 april 7pm
SAVVY Contemporary
Richardstr. 20 - 12043 Berlin-Neukölln
Opening Hours: Sat. 4-7pm
and by appointment