a procession of the goodhearted
a procession for 7 circus artists and 1 performer,
with students of the circadium Philadelphia, Gala November 2019
performers/creators of movement:
Chantal Aguirre
Erin Gettelman
Jennifer Kinzel
Hayden Simpson
Joshua Mosier
Kevin Flanagan
Will Aaron (speaker)
framework, text collage and performance:
Kerstin Fuchs
intellectual materials used as point of references and inspiration:
- sitting on benches, burning cedar wood, drinking tea
- donning the pieces of paper, Styrofoam, plastic foil with tape
- reciting texts: collage of a memory and the daily rising of the Queen/King and procession
Hana van der Kolk and Tomislav Feller (artists, choreographers), nothingness XXX 2016 - ongoing, an almost nothing practice, the eroticism of waiting, waking dreams
- procession -- a line up of people walking in the same direction in a ceremonial manner,
moving, pushing, rolling, sliding, dragging furniture into the space
La Monte Young (composer, artist) Poem for Chairs, Tables, Benches, etc. 1960, performers are instructed to push pieces of furniture across the stage, with the resulting sounds as the piece
Nicole Eisenman (artist), Procession, mixed media, Whitney Biennial 2019, a shambolic tableau of lurching figures with insult comic outlandishness
Ulrike Grossarth (dancer, choreographer, artist) Handlungsanweisungen 12, 1985
"Carry cabinets, tables, chairs, loungers, sofas, sets of shelves, other racks into the empty room(...) lean them against each other, shove them, squeeze them in (...) enter into the mass of material (...)."
- tableau vivant -- carefully posed, impressive, silent, living picture
Brendan Fernandes (dancer, choreographer) The Master and Form, Whitney Biennial 2019
- industrial oscillating fan gets turned on
- the performer carries a loudspeaker on their back: re-performing the Live performance of Nina Simone's Feelings at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1976 (original Morris Albert, 1974)
A lady with a purse in her hand enters the imbiss.
In the middle of the room she comes to a stop, taking out a pair of white elegant gloves.
She dons the gloves, reaching back into her purse, she takes out a black cloth and blind-folds herself.
Then, she reaches again into her purse.
At 8:00am she wakes.
A woman arrives carrying a basket with “offerings.”
She wraps herself in a long robe of English flannel.
The Grand Toilette begins with folding chairs placed in a circle, for the people who came to see her.
She acknowledges each individual by a slight nod of her head.
The toilet table is very elaborate and placed in the center of the room.
Getting ready for the day includes cleansing her skin and adding a whitener.
White paint is then applied and dusted with a scented powder.
Rouge reddens her cheeks and pomade glosses her lips.
The finishing touch is one of her favorite scents, an orange blossom water.
The number of spectators, is probably around 100.
Line after line of people bowing and scraping and bumping one another in their thirst to be in front.
A procession forms in the Hall.
At this point the crowd that has gathered along the way could finally see her.
Some could speak briefly to her or slip her a written note.