Time Drops
photo: tomasz szrama - concept: willem wilhelmus
On August 14th 2008 I did a performance in Anna Wilhelmus' exhibition “Ajantaju Kankaalla” in the Vuotalo Gallery, Helsinki. I picked up her theme of time based works and invited audience to write down a date that is specially important for them. With each date I dropped a blue glass pearl on the floor, following its unpredictable track and marking the spot where it came to rest. With the time dates written down and the places marked in the space I looked at the audience and took off my hat thereby freeing the leftover of pearls that were kept in the hat on my head.
The photo is the result of a three hour trial and error session with photographer Tomasz Szrama.
As so often in action art it is (almost) impossible to catch the moment with a camera. So we decided to give it a try in a staged performance. After collecting the 40 odd glass pearls more than 30 times Tomasz pushed me to try it "one more really last time".
With this result.
The photo is the result of a three hour trial and error session with photographer Tomasz Szrama.
As so often in action art it is (almost) impossible to catch the moment with a camera. So we decided to give it a try in a staged performance. After collecting the 40 odd glass pearls more than 30 times Tomasz pushed me to try it "one more really last time".
With this result.
