the Structures 2013

How visible is the humanity underlying our structures? This work came out of an engagement with the Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte archives: a decades-old repository of documents relating to public sculpture. Performers and audience initially mingle in the empty exhibition space of Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.

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The 120 performers are then signalled to cluster into separate groups. Clothed in black, white, blue, red and yellow, they form five base shapes: a sphere, square, cylinder, cone and pyramid. These shapes are erected in silence, only punctuated by the sounds of rustling fabric and shuffling feet. The space is filled with five vulnerable, temporary sculptures. 

Whereas most public sculpture claims a permanent location, these living edifices show just how fleeting order can be. After standing for a full four minutes, the formations collapse - with only the memory of their collective structure remaining.

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