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Photo: Ross McLean
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Photo: Ross McLean

Sounds from the next room was a collaborative exhibition by Catherine Street and Kate Temple that took place in April 2011, at Gladstone’s Land, Edinburgh
Curated by Coup Red
NEVER OR NOW
28th -30th of January 2011 at Bergen Kjott
International performance art festival in Bergen, Norway

For program, map and other info, see www.neverornow.no
FESTIVAL ARTIST LIST:
Robert Alda (Norway)
Boogey Boys (Norway)
Maurice Blok (Netherlands/ Finland)
Aileen Campbell (Scotland)
Shannon Cochrane (Canada)
Hege Eriksen (Norway)
Oliver Gather (Germany)
Pedro Gomez-Egana (Colombia/Norway)
Molly Haslund (Danmark)
Moray Hillary (Scotland)
Kurt Johannesen (Norway)
Karen Kiphoff (Canada/ Germany/Norway)
Rita Marhaug (Norway)
Midskills (Norway)
Mimosa Pale (Finland)
Irma Optimist (Finland)
Aine Philips (Irland)
Greg Pope (England/ Norway)
Peter Rosvik and Hannah Kaihovirta-Rosvik (Finland)
Silje Silden (Norway)
Catherine Street (England/ Scotland)
Tomasz Szrama (Poland/ Finland)
Diane Torr (USA/ Scotland)
Jørgen Træen and Njål Clementsen (Norway)
Roi Vaara (Finland)
Benedicte Våge (Norway)
Gøril Wallin (Norway)
Willem Wilhelmus (Netherlands/ Finland)
Tori Wrånes (Norway)
Mia Øquist (Norway)
Never or Now is supported by the Norwegian Arts Council, Bergen City
Council, Hordaland County, Danish Arts Council, Billedkunstnernes
Vederlagsfond and Nordic Culture Point.
Never or Now is a non profit festival, produced by REAL Projects.
Performance by Wounded Knee and re-enactment of Lygia Clark’s Cannibalistic Drool.
Please contact me for full details of this event.
“In 1929 Oswald de Andrade published the “Anthropophagite Manifesto” in Brazil. Anthropophagy, or cannibalism, in this sense refers to “the consumption of the human being as a moral entity.” Paulo Herkenhoff, the Brazilian curator and art historian sees this use of the word as part of a “strategy of cultural emancipation”; a visceral, provocative metaphor of consumption and renewal describing relationships of power and influence”. Marie Carter.
More about Lygia Clark here and here.

Image: Lygia Clark – Cannibalistic Drool (Baba Antropofagica), 1973
Everyone has a small spool of thread. One person lies on the floor and the others form a tight circle around. They each place the spool of thread in their mouths and with eyes closed, each one pulls the thread from his or her mouth, unraveling the spool onto the participant below. The falling threads gradually form a web or mesh that covers the prostrate participant. Once the spools are emptied, everyone opens their eyes. The performance is intended to be experienced through participation, not as a spectacle for an audience.
This will be followed by a special performance by Wounded Knee. More here.


Image: Wounded Knee – photo by Sandy Hutton.
Thomas Feulmer, Fraser Stables, Catherine Street: Curated by Gavin Morrison
Numberthirtyfive Gallery, New York
23rd October – 5th December 2010
Photographs by Anna Copland





Read the text of the performance here.
Documentation of event on 25th April – photography by Victoria Silver and Robin Wu – click here for more images.



Listen to the audio work Sounds from the next room here.
Watch the video The legs of a third... here.
Click here for more images.