{"id":13566,"title":"Kaaitheaterperformance / Kaaitheater Performance","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1979-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":128,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":15,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":75,"permalink":"kaaitheaterperformance","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/031/217/medium_500/1979_Kaaitheaterperformance.JPG?1458225243","cached_actor_names":"Hugo Roelandt","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Performance","nl":"Performance","fr":"Performance"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/031/217/large/1979_Kaaitheaterperformance.JPG?1458225243","poster_credits":"(c) Estate Hugo Roelandt","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaaitheater, Nieuwe Workshop, Brussels, april 1979\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:hsl(119,57%,31%);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A performance to mark 'the end' of a first series of performances. About survival in a closed environment: AIR versus MOVEMENT: what lasts longer?\" \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003eHugo Roelandt\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe action took place on a self-constructed wooden slope in the back\u0026nbsp;of The New Workshop, Brussels. Two performers (Hugo Roelandt and Mark\u0026nbsp;Verreckt, each with\u0026nbsp;two canary birds) are enclosed in two transparent plastic\u0026nbsp;bubbles. They move up and down the slope until the lack of oxygen makes it\u0026nbsp;impossible to continue. In\u0026nbsp;between them, at the foot of the slope, there is a\u0026nbsp;small enclosed artificial garden with fake grass and a fake fountain, in which\u0026nbsp;a third performer (Marc Holthof) is\u0026nbsp;sitting. When the two performers running\u0026nbsp;up and down the slope have to stop because of lack of oxygen, they are cut out\u0026nbsp;of their enclosure. The birds die in the\u0026nbsp;process and are given a proper burial\u0026nbsp;by an animal lover.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the booklet of the Kaaitheater Festival:\u003cbr\u003e‘Theme of the Kaaitheater Performance: the necessity of the symbiosis of\u0026nbsp;man/animal – plant for the survival of human life. Man and animal inhale\u0026nbsp;O2 and exhale\u0026nbsp;CO2 and air saturated with water. In the world of plants\u0026nbsp;photosynthesis gives the opposite effect. A closed environment cannot survive\u0026nbsp;without an artificial\u0026nbsp;means of recuperation. Hence the impossibility of a closed\u0026nbsp;system without a link to the outside world. Man can live 20 days without food,\u0026nbsp;3 days without\u0026nbsp;drinking, and 30 seconds without breathing oxygen-rich air.\u0026nbsp;Of psychological importance is the question of how long man can survive\u0026nbsp;without communication with the outside world.’\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Abstracts from\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eHugo Roelandt: Let's Expand The Sky\u003c/i\u003e, red. Mark Holthof, Occasional Papers, London, 2016)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u0026nbsp; Kaaitheater, Nieuwe Workshop, Brussel, april 1979\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:hsl(119,57%,31%);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Een performance die 'het einde' markeert van een eerste reeks performances. Over overleven in een gesloten omgeving: LUCHT versus BEWEGING: wat duurt langer?”\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e \u003c/span\u003eHugo Roelandt\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe actie heeft plaats op een vooraf zelf geconstrueerde houten helling\u0026nbsp;achteraan De Nieuwe Workshop, Brussel. Twee performers (Hugo Roelandt\u0026nbsp;en Mark Verreckt) worden elk, allebei samen met twee kanaries, opgesloten in\u0026nbsp;grote doorzichtige plastic piramides. Ze bewegen erin op en neer de helling tot\u0026nbsp;ze gebrek aan zuurstof\u0026nbsp;krijgen. Tussen hen is, aan de voet van de helling, er een\u0026nbsp;klein afgesloten artificieel tuintje met kunstgras en een nagemaakte fontein waarin\u0026nbsp;een derde performer (Marc Holthof) zit. Als de twee performers die op en neer\u0026nbsp;de helling lopen dat moeten opgeven omwille van zuurstofgebrek, worden ze uit\u0026nbsp;hun plastic\u0026nbsp;omhulsel bevrijdt. De vogels sterven tijdens de performance en krijgen\u0026nbsp;dankzij een dierenliefhebber een waardige begrafenis.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUit de brochure van het Kaaitheater Festival:\u003cbr\u003e‘Thema van de Kaaitheaterperformance: De noodzaak van de mens/dier –\u0026nbsp;plantsymbiose voor de instandhouding van het menselijk leven. Mens en dier\u0026nbsp;ademen O2 houdende lucht in en CO2 houdende, met waterdamp verzadigde\u0026nbsp;lucht uit. In de plantenwereld geeft de fotosynthese precies het omgekeerde effect.\u0026nbsp;Afgesloten\u0026nbsp;systemen kunnen niet zonder een kunstmatige recuperatiemethode. Elk\u0026nbsp;afgesloten systeem zonder verbinding met de buitenwereld is daarom\u0026nbsp;onleefbaar.\u0026nbsp;Een mens kan 20 dagen zonder voedsel, 3 dagen zonder drank en 30 seconden\u0026nbsp;zonder zuurstofhoudende lucht. Van psychologisch belang is de\u0026nbsp;vraag hoe lang de\u0026nbsp;mens kan overleven zonder communicatie met de buitenwereld.’\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Uittreksels uit\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eHugo Roelandt: Let's Expand The Sky\u003c/i\u003e, red. Marc Holthof, Occasional Papers, Londen, 2016)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaaitheater, Nieuwe Workshop, Brussels, april 1979\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:hsl(119,57%,31%);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A performance to mark 'the end' of a first series of performances. About survival in a closed environment: AIR versus MOVEMENT: what lasts longer?\" \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003eHugo Roelandt\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe action took place on a self-constructed wooden slope in the back\u0026nbsp;of The New Workshop, Brussels. Two performers (Hugo Roelandt and Mark\u0026nbsp;Verreckt, each with\u0026nbsp;two canary birds) are enclosed in two transparent plastic\u0026nbsp;bubbles. They move up and down the slope until the lack of oxygen makes it\u0026nbsp;impossible to continue. In\u0026nbsp;between them, at the foot of the slope, there is a\u0026nbsp;small enclosed artificial garden with fake grass and a fake fountain, in which\u0026nbsp;a third performer (Marc Holthof) is\u0026nbsp;sitting. When the two performers running\u0026nbsp;up and down the slope have to stop because of lack of oxygen, they are cut out\u0026nbsp;of their enclosure. The birds die in the\u0026nbsp;process and are given a proper burial\u0026nbsp;by an animal lover.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the booklet of the Kaaitheater Festival:\u003cbr\u003e‘Theme of the Kaaitheater Performance: the necessity of the symbiosis of\u0026nbsp;man/animal – plant for the survival of human life. Man and animal inhale\u0026nbsp;O2 and exhale\u0026nbsp;CO2 and air saturated with water. In the world of plants\u0026nbsp;photosynthesis gives the opposite effect. A closed environment cannot survive\u0026nbsp;without an artificial\u0026nbsp;means of recuperation. Hence the impossibility of a closed\u0026nbsp;system without a link to the outside world. Man can live 20 days without food,\u0026nbsp;3 days without\u0026nbsp;drinking, and 30 seconds without breathing oxygen-rich air.\u0026nbsp;Of psychological importance is the question of how long man can survive\u0026nbsp;without communication with the outside world.’\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Abstracts from\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eHugo Roelandt: Let's Expand The Sky\u003c/i\u003e, red. Mark Holthof, Occasional Papers, London, 2016)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1660,"name":"Hugo Roelandt"}]}