19. April 08: Highlights - The Time of Distance
“He is not you uncle, he is your father” Performance by Linda Franke
Chapter V ( in which the artist meets her father but mistakes
him for her uncle, they have dinner and talk about the risks of nuclear power stations. The carpet fringes need to be combed weekly . )
The performance artist Linda Franke works in an unusually sensual way and construes a narrative which reveals her affinity to surrealist paintings and a fantastically bizarre world of film images. For The Time of Distance Linda will paint a picture of her performance before it takes place in Helsinki, and will use her memories of the painting as a script for the performance. The painting will be exhibited in Berlin and the performance will be web-streamed from Helsinki.
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Portable VoIP Karaoke by Patrick Jambon
Inspired by Berlin's sausage streetvendors, who carry their grill equipment on their own bodies, Patrick will bring his portable karaoke machine to Helsinki and invite and motivate people to participate, to sing. The idea is to sing simultaneously through VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) both in Berlin and Helsinki. The webcam will capture the lyrics on the screen in Helsinki, while the projector will displays these in Berlin; loudspeakers will allow the audience to hear the singers perfom a duet, seperated by thousands of miles.
Berlin (GMT+1) 19:00 Hope&Glory Web-stream
Helsinki (GMT+2) 20:00 Myymälä2 / Maa-tila Live
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Galleri Bergman & Myymälä2 present, in association with Transidency - The Time of Distance:
The Third Power (Swe) -
Performance artists Marja-Leena Sillanpää, Pär Thörn, and Leif Elggren explore the aesthetic implications of breakfast chats, printing ink, and mishearings. They lay bare the gap between the fragmentary orchestra pit of music, the heroic features of everyday life, and the emptiness of mass media. This performative work is realised through cut-up technique, voice, improvisation, and movement.
Duration: 14:00 - 22:00
Myymälä2, Uudenmaankatu 23, 00100 Helsinki