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1st
International Festival of Premiere Performance
Back stage of the Theater, Cultural Center,
Pancevo, SCG
11 October 2003 at 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 13'
Curator: Predrag Sidjanin
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KEEP A DISTANCE was the performance conducted in the 1st International
Festival of Premiere Performance.
M & P stepped out onto the completely dark stage using only hand-held
battery lamps to illuminate the floor, and they stood in front of each
other. Then they turned off the lamps. The performance began when P illuminated
the abdomen of M, who was dressed only in a heavy red skirt. At this particular
moment M waved a long cattle whip above her head and right in front of
P’s face. At the moment the whip cracked, P turned off the lamp. Both,
in complete darkness, walked to a new and intuitively established position
in front of each other, at a safe distance. M then illuminated the naked
body of P, who was dressed only in a black skirt, and he waved and cracked
his cattle whip. This process: cracking-moving-cracking was repeated rhythmically.
M & P were illuminated with the strong, alternating beam of light,
which completely neutralized the sense of distance between each other.
The aim of avoiding injury was achieved with precise, intuitive movements
in the darkness. Once a position was occupied, it was held without any
further correction of distance. M & P concentrated deeply on the moving
and cracking, which could have led to injury if wrongly performed… The
audience was positioned at a safe distance from the performers. The performance
ended when complete harmony between rhythm of movement and skill of whip-cracking
was established, and not when someone was injured. M & P left the
stage using the light of the hand-held battery lamps.
The performance indicated that through the symbols of lightning and cracking,
the creative energy evaporated, that the ‘corrective measure’ also indicated
dignity and the sublime and resistance of any temptation, disorder or
chaos. The performance also indicated latent eroticism where both participants
are equal pér se, and with the probability of domination
and sacrifice also being equal [50% : 50%].
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