Evening of Performances

at DRAF, Great Titchfield Street

Dora García presents The Game of Questions. A flyer with a list of questions is left in the gallery for people to pick up. Over the evening these questions will be acted out by several accomplices among the public, blurring the boundaries between spectator and performer and twisting the meaning of normal conversation.

Jacob Dahl Jürgensen shows Words, Knots and Whatnots. For this performance the artist will install three-dimensional metal frames and use them as props for his actions. Using magician’s rope, he will then tie knots around and between them. A text will be read to accompany his gesture, moving associatively between different subject matters such as folklore, rituals, magic and language.

XXX Pressing myself as close as I can to the wall, I make my way around the whole room; There are people in the middle of the room watching… November 26, 1977, Hradec Kralove is a performance by Jiri Kovanda. The artist proposes a remake of his historical performance from the 70s in a space close to the gallery (77 Great Titchfield Street). Through his minimal and solitary action, the artist will question the nature of social dynamics and the legacy of performance as a form of resistance.

Benoit Maire presents Drawing Attention. This action involves a simple set, consisting of two vintage chairs and a pile of books, which have references to the figure and the myth of Medusa. The artist is seated and waits for someone to sit in the opposite chair. Once a visitor is facing him, he enters into a conversation and draws the portrait of his respondent.

For The Making of Difference by Nina Beier and Marie Lund a broken-up avant-garde band will meet again during the day at one of the tables in a pub close to the gallery (The Ship, 134 New Cavendish Street). The public is invited to visit the meeting point, guess who the members of the band are and imagine the background of their story.