211213 Now

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A three-part performative artwork in which two parallel lists of things were spoken and projected, followed by audience questions and further parts of the performance; parallel listing makes simultaneity itself the structure, with the interval between the two streams becoming performative material rather than merging into one account.

13.12.21
performative artwork · lecture
Studio ALTA
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Everybody knows Aristotle's aphorism: “Time either does not exist at all or barely exists”. But it seems that we don't have time now to think about time anymore. Stop. This thought itself is about time, and we have denoted it by the word Now. How long does it take to read it in such a way that word Now matches its meaning?

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