DADALENIN IS DEAD - OBITUARIES PERFORMANCE: BASEL - CARGO BAR 2010 June 14 – 17, 2010
This performance consists of simply me reading the obituaries of dadaleninists as printed by the New York Times over the last century. Obituaries are a special kind of literature that can teach us quite a bit. in the case of the original dadaists we get for each member a slightly different version of art history. The absurd nature of this reading is partially already reflected in the obituaries themselves when we learn , for ex. the dadaists were reading simply from phone books. For me these obituaries are important historical documents in the reception of this important art movement - needless to say the older people became the longer the obituaries. Early important figures didn't get any write ups. This work is part of my dadalenin series (www.dadalenin.com) that is based on the fact that Lenin was some kind of a participating member in disguise of dada in zurich, at the cabaret voltiaire, where he lived on the opposite side of the street. dada as well as lenin were dealing with death. art is dead.... etc... lenin's endless sleep at the red square consitutes an endless well paying performance I alwasy like to visit when in Moscow.
again: - a second installment: Freitag, 23. 7. 2010, 20.00 Uhr Rainer Ganahl
DADALENIN ist eine mehrteiliger Werkserie, die sich aus Lecture Performances, Schriften, Zeitungsmeldungen, Fotos, Videos, Objekten und Skulpturen, u.a. zusammensetzt. Bei seiner Lecture Performance „DADALENIN IS DEAD“ verwendet Ganahl Künstler-Nachrufe, die in den letzten Jahrzehnten in der New York Times veröffentlicht worden waren. Dabei nutzt er Methoden, die zuvor schon von den Dadaisten gepflegt wurden, wie beispielsweise das Rezitieren aus Telefonbüchern oder das Deklamieren von Zeitungsmeldungen. Für Ganahl sind (Künstler)Nachrufe wichtige historische Zeugnisse, die bislang in der Kunstgeschichtsschreibung kaum Würdigung fanden. Rainer Ganahl ist Professor für Bildhauerei (Material- und Raumkonzepte) an der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, er lebt in New York und Stuttgart. English version His performance consists of simply me reading the obituaries of dadaleninists as printed by the New York Times over the last century. Obituaries are a special kind of literature that can teach us quite a bit. in the case of the original dadaists we get for each member a slightly different version of art history. The absurd nature of this reading is partially already reflected in the obituaries themselves when we learn , for ex. that dadaists were reading simply from phone books. For me these obituaries are important historical documents in the reception of this important art movement – needless to say the older the people became the longer the obituaries. Early important figures didn’t get any write ups. This work is part of my dadalenin series (www.dadalenin.com) that is based on the fact that Lenin was some kind of a participating member in disguise of dada in Zürich/CH, at the Cabaret Voltaire, where he lived on the opposite side of the street. Dada as well as Lenin were dealing with death. art is dead…. etc… lenin’s endless sleep at the red square consitutes an endless well paying performance I alwasy like to visit when in Moscow. (Rainer Ganahl) |