When does time pass by extremely slowly? When extremely quickly? Although it always passes the same way – one hour, 60 minutes, 3600 seconds – not a single day goes by at the same pace as the one before it.
x Schritte is an experiment. The goal of this work was to contemplate, to analyse and to experiment with the differences and the mode of action of film and performance art as well as to put them up against each other. A performance, a short movie and an installation with the title x Schritte originated from it. Together with Davida Brown we put common forms of presentation of the media film on stage and vice versa. We dealt with the topic of time as a link to connect the media film and performance. Which possibilities of the depiction of time are reserved for film, which for the stage? How can the absolute presence which evolves from the corporeality of the performers be transferred to a movie? With our project we want to open up a space for free associations by creating absurd situations and playing with atmosphere.
This project was supported by the Film- und Mediennachwuchsförderung RLP (film and media up-and-coming funding of Rhineland-Palatine)
performance
duration: ca. 50 minutes
performers: Davida Brown, Michelle Koprow
artistic director: Laura-Marie Preßmar
idea, conception & execution: Davida Brown, Michelle Koprow, Laura-Marie Preßmar
light designer: Magda Lustig
shows:
17 August, 2020 at the Online Performance Art Festival
29 September, 2019 at the International Women* Theater-Festival, Frankfurt
18 – 19 January, 2019 at Landungsbrücken, Frankfurt
19 – 21 October, 2018 at performance art depot, Mainz
short movie
duration: ca. 10 minutes
performers: Davida Brown, Michelle Koprow
cut & audio: Laura-Marie Preßmar
idea, conception & execution: Davida Brown, Michelle Koprow, Laura-Marie Preßmar
screenings:
26 September – 09 October 2021 within the exhibition Sidewalk Video Gallery at Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, USA
15 – 18 July 2021 Castiglioni Film Festival, Italy
01 May – 31 August 2021 auf dem Festival del Cinema di Cefalú, Sicily, Italy
23 April – 02 May beim Filmóptico – International Art Visual and Film Festival
16 April 2021 at the GutterBliss Temporary Testival
27 – 29 November, 2020 at the visionale20, Frankfurt
5 August, 2020 at the International Inter University Short Film Festival (IIUSFF), Dhaka (Bangladesh)
17 November, 2019 at Girls Go Movie Festival, Mannheim
10 November 2019 at The Lift-Off Sessions
8 – 10 November, 2019 within the exhibition Abriss at Peng, Mainz
installation
video projections, currogated iron, artefacts and a mechanical apparatus
idea, conception & execution: Davida Brown, Michelle Koprow, Laura-Marie Preßmar
Exhibitions:
12 – 13 September, 2020 at the KunstRaum/ArtSpace „Alte Bürger“, Bremerhaven
08 – 10 November, 2019 within the exhibition Abriss at Peng, Mainz
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