Disengaging 2013

How does a person become visible within a group? In this series, Moorman explores the individual’s dependence on the collective. 

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The performers and audience assemble around a large wooden disc in an otherwise empty space. Sixteen performers step forward in response to a signal.

One member of the group moves onto the disc, after which the others lift the plane in complete silence – only punctuated by the susurration of tensely controlled bodies in motion. The body is raised above the group, elevated and stately as a work of sculpture.

After four minutes frozen in time, the platform descends to the floor. The floor reverts to its original vacuum, with only the memory of a moment of elevation remaining.

“Frozen in time, very slow, very gradual. It was a piece of sculpture, a sculptural work.” — Hanne Hagenaars

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