Katarina Sevic (Budapest) will use Skulpturenpark as a stage for a mass choreography in her project, Social Motions. The artist invites all spectators, residents, and passer-bysÝto take part. Without previous rehearsals and an undetermined turnout, the project welcomes various outcomes.

Social Motions experiments with the idea of mass patterns such as waiting in lines, crowd applause, and other instances of societal participation. Whether rehearsed or spontaneous, social formations reveal how a society orders itself, and at times, legitimizes its ideologies. In her choreography, Sevic attempts to subvert the conceptual, aesthetic, and symbolic values inherent in these forms by borrowing their gestures. As "choreographer", she further implicates herself as a facilitator and observer of those who would otherwise be her audience.

The performance will be documented on video and photo.

Details
Duration: approximately 30 minutes
All ages and backgrounds are invited to participate.
Participants will be asked to perform simple movements following a few rules:

Walk very slowly. Adjust to the pace of others around you. Walk in unison.

Distance. Stay within two meters from each person around you. Collectively, groups will be arranged into hexagonal formations and asked to maintain this form throughout. (see photo below)

Quiet. Audible communications should be kept to a minimum.

For further information or to participate, please contact: o.moskatova@web.de



Social Motions is the last exhibition in the Parcella series, a cooperative project by KUNSTrePUBLIK e.V. with Lumen Foundation, Budapest. It is generously funded by Bipolar, a German-Hungarian cultural initiative. Bipolar is a program of the the German Federal Cultural Foundation.