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Visitors of an Exhibition Space are Suggested to 'Do Nothing' 

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2021

(participatory) (delegated) performance, legal agreement

co-produced by Caveat, Brussels

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exhibition In the Long Blink of an Eye, HISK, Gosset site, Brussels

curated by Daniella Géo

Images by the artist, Laure Cottin Stefanelli & Manuel Wetscher

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Nothing/ Doing_Melanie Weill

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2021

video HD, 01:02:00

image & editing: Ychai Gassenbauer

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commissioned by HISK for Sonsbeek Quadrinal 20--->24 - Conjunctions , Arnhem,  Netherlands, 2021

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The film unveils a durational exploration of ‘doing nothing’, its boundaries and in-depth emotional and physical momenta triggered by the experience of creating an intentional void. Melanie Weill, the participant featured in the film, stayed on the chair one hour and 2 min and was payed €10,25 upon the rate of Belgian minimum wages. 

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The length of the film corresponds (exactly) to the duration of the experience undertaken by Melanie, while conceptually the film is conceived to re-activate the performativity of 'doing nothing' by a viewer: a viewer also 'does nothing' (if they would watch the film from the beginning to the end, of course).

Related artworks

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next version of the performance:

   

Ne rien faire contre rémunération'

2022

New Space, Liege (Be)

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artist's edition:

   

Contract 'Doing nothing' for payment

2022

legal agreement

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