Underground Ring Walking, Gianni Motti

Swiss performance artist Gianni Motti compared himself with a proton by walking the 27kms length of the CERN particle accelerator near Geneva.

Paths are made by walking, Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi

In order to determine whether the above phrase was actually true, Japanese artists Yamashita and Kobayashi kept running in a park for 5 days.

A study in choreography for camera, Maya Deren

Maya Deren was a Ukranian-born American dancer, choreographer and filmaker. She was an enigmatic and extraordinary figure during her hole life, pioneering avant-garde cinema in the United States. This is a silent study in choreography with some beautiful dance exercises.

In Order of Appearance, Aurelien Froment

Aurelien Froment is a young French artist. Her video work “In Order of Appearance” was featured at the theatre 80 St. Mark’s in New York City.

What else could we talk about?, Teresa Margolles

Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ work deals with violence as raw matter. “What else could we talk about?” at the Mexican Pavilion in the 2009 Venice Biennale, chronicled the violence provoked by the battles of drug traffic organizations and their prosecution in Mexico at the present.

Clapping music, Steve Reich

Steve Reich is a living legend American musician whose work has always been considered to be a sound translation of Minimalist art.

…….remote……..remote, Valie Export

Austrian performance artist Valie Export is one of the most mysterious woman artists of the second half of the 20th century. Her work often uses her own body as subject of investigationin her performances. Please be aware that this video performance contains sensitive imagery.

La Trampa, Santiago Sierra

Spanish enfant terrible artist Santiago Sierra is notorious for creating morally violent situations with paid “actors” thus making a crude critique of the capitalist operational model.

11.000 Virgins Running, Rirkrit Tiravanija

Thai “relational artist” Rirkrit Tiravanija conceived this piece of pseudo-performance and video art inspired by the story of St. Ursula and the 11.000 virgins for the Ladonia Biennial 2009.

Work No 850 @ Tate Britain, Martin Creed

British conceptual artist Martin Creed, whose practice typically involves raw physicality, pseudo-autistic repetition, and the slightest alterations to materials and spaces, says Work No. 850 is about exhibiting life lived fully, and the comfort of regularity.

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