Words 2 in Sub Urban
Sub Urban, the Urban Espresso Bar Video Lounge presents:
Video compilation on the occasion of the
39th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
6 June - 15 June 2008
WORDS 2 is a collection of pieces - or registrations of pieces - by artists who work live with language but are not specifically poets, singers or actors. (or as PJ Roggeband said: I am really all of them in one).
WORDS 2 shows a number of pieces by visual artists, choreographers, musicians and theatre people who use language in a more or less composed form.
Sound, rhythm and compositions of words and sentences are mainly used as imagery.
Besides conveying information, language here also refers to itself, particularly, as a space / time process, in the same way it does in oral poetry,
WORDS 2 comments on poetry but can also be seen as an ode to poetry from other art disciplines.
-- List of works --
Angelika Foytuch PL
'Onitoja' 2008 2.00
A self portrait in which the names of parents and ancestors gradually fade.
Gabriëlle Barros Martins NL
'Woorden als woorden in de loop van de tijd' 2008 7.00
Registration of a uncompromising performance as a study of the sound of the spoken word.
Marina Abramovic NL
'Freeing the memory' 1975 14.50 min (ovb)
A stream of words and concepts, a ritual depiction of recollection and memory.
Arf/Arf AU
From video registration Thread of voice 1993 fragment 2.10
A group of voice performers who also particularly enjoy their art
Jonathan Burrows / Matteo Forgion UK
'Speaking dance' from dance performance Three Duets, Bayliss Theatre London
Two male dancers who play a light-footed game with the sound of words.
Dana Sederowsky SE
'Special Announcements' from 2006 ongoing. Video-performance. 6.00
The perfection of both image and performance puts the words in an enormous conceptual space.
Moniek Toebosch NL
From 'Verzamelde beelden/toevallen/af- en toespraken' 1980/83 8 min.
A visual artist and all ingredients of theatre: a role, a text, grime and even drama.
Jeroen Offermans NL
The Stairwy at St. Pauls 2002 video performance 7.00
A kaleidoscopic game with time: what is actually running forwards or backwards?
A.T. de Keersmaker / Thierry De Mey BE
'Tippeke' dance performance on film
A film of an evening landscape, a dancer and a children’s song.
Tim Etchells UK
'Downtime' video performance 2005 8.00
A self portrait: thoughts, a look aimed at the camera, time as tangible substance
Ines Dunemann DE
Work 2007 videoperformance 1.00
The minimal to monumental movement of a mouth pronouncing the word ‘Work’.
Dan Graham UK
Audience/performer/mirror 1977 registratie performance De Appel Amsterdam
The marvel of the artist who uses language to make a sculpture of the relationship between the performer and audience.
PJ. Roggeband NL
'Het elfletterig genootschap' registratie van performance Petazzie, de Effenaar Eindhoven 6 december 2007
A hilarious ritual as an incantation of the phenomenon of language.
