During this one minute performance, eleven people (attendees of the opening) suddenly interrupted the existing situation with brief actions that were exaggerations of normal gallery behavior. Some examples of these simultaneously performed actions are: someone closely examining an empty corner of the space, a man was thinking of something really sad until it made him cry, two people talking to eachother while rythmically clacking their heels, someone singing in the toilet, a photographer taking pictures of the photographer and eventually two wine glasses falling on the floor in two different corners of the space at the exact same time.
Bas Schevers and David Sherry hooked up after first meeting at the performance night ‘I want to believe‘ organized by pietmondriaan.com, where both were invited to do a performance. They decided to make this super musical mixture. Order their record here!
Documentation of the performance night I want to believe, organized by pietmondriaan.com on September 15, 2012, during Incubate festival in Tilburg (NL). With an accompanying text by Jochem Naafs.
Participating artists:
Bas Schevers, David Sherry, Jodi, Jean Charles de Quillacq and Pablo Wendel.
The PDF is in high resolution, so it can be printed on a regular A4 printer.
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Bas Schevers is participating in the show ‘I want to believe’, which is taking place next on Saturday the 15th of September, 19.30hrs at NS16, NS-plein 16 in Tilburg. See you there!
A performance evening during Incubate 2012, with Bas Schevers (NL), David Sherry (UK), Jean-Charles de Quillacq (F), Jodi (NL) and Pablo Wendel (D), curated by pietmondriaan.com
The performances in this exhibition are drawn from everyday situations.
While appearing to be simple, sometimes even inconspicuous acts, they attempt to show the absurd, tragi-comical sides of daily life. The artists invite us to follow their lead and believe in their stories – or not.
‘I want to believe’ will take place on Saturday the 15th of September, 19.30hrs at NS16, NS-plein 16 in Tilburg. See you there!
At the 2006 edition of the Kunstvlaai in Amsterdam, Schevers set himself a set of rules with which he could seek out a work presented at the fair and copy it. He eventually chose two works by Dutch artist Jan Bokma.
On the grounds of an art festival ten cubic meters of dune sand is placed and offered for free on several public websites. This kind of sand is often used as a substrate for tiling and pavements.
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