THE FLUTE (2018)
"The Flute" was staged at the Kunstverein in
Cologne, both as a performance and film
shoot. Four performers, including the artist,
performed both as their “real” selves and as
and fictional characters: Souffleuse, Narrator,
Flutist and Cameraperson. The performers
followed a script spanning five acts. Each of
the five acts was accompanied by a different,
originally composed beat, that the flutist
improvised to.
At the same time, the performaers captured
the performance with two cameras, which
were passed around between them.
The footage was live-projected on two screens
in the same space. In this way, the audience
was given the choice whether to follow the
live performance or the mediated “livestream”
and had the opportunity to
become aware of their role as spectators.
The cut-up script was based on research on
the anthropology and mythology of the flute,
whose sound is in many cultures constructed
as a site of desire and of power struggles
around gender. Both original writing and
appropriated material were used for the
script.