YELLOW MONOCHROME 2008, installation views
A MORTE DE EMIL NOLDETHE DEATH OF EMIL NOLDE
2009
mixed media on paper
100 x 70 cm
At first the sheets were divided in half. Then the drawings each one had made on his side of the sheet were juxtaposed. But, through a violent impulsive inscription, a certain joy or joie de vivre or an experience of total freedom developed these drawings by four hands simultaneously. These drawings are therefore a key to understanding A Kills B’s modus operandi. The titles are a mixture of what each individual imagined for the title, or, in other words each one blurted out the first thought that came to mind as if part of a psychological test; and then both parts were put together.
A KILLS B - CALDAS DA RAINHA, PORTUGAL 2008
ACTION PAINTING
performance project for ADIÇÃO+ Performance Festival
ACTION PAINTING
performance project for ADIÇÃO+ Performance Festival
ACTION PAINTING 2008, performance photos
In front of a small audience, a wall (covered in paper) was painted white with acrylic and oil paint sticks. The intent was for the audience to concentrate solely on the movement of the two bodies produced by this drawing . That is, to place Abstract Expressionism at the origin of artistic performance.
The large scale drawing also intended to evoke an active force of the body, activated in the attempt to develop something new in relation to the previous drawings.
A KILLS B - LISBON, PORTUGAL 2008
YELLOW AND BROWN STEREOCHROME
performance project
YELLOW AND BROWN STEREOCHROME
performance project
YELLOW AND BROWN STEREOCHROME 2008, performance photos
The two AkillsB performers waited for people to fill the room and then entered with a bucket of twenty liters of paint each. They set these at their feet and then suddenly grabbed them again and poured the paint over their heads. The paint was yellow in one bucket and brown in the other.
Then there was a ten minute pause. It was as if they were living painted sculptures. The action and mainly the object (each performer as object) is evocative of a protest technique chanced upon in an anarchist magazine showing how protesters in Barcelona would completely cover themselves in paint in a way that prevented or hindered the police from removing them from a certain location. This is a form of silent protest. This is also a way of being on one’s own by being detached from the world, unable to see or hear, isolated by this layer of paint.
BANDA SONORA 2007para automóvel ligeiro e guia sonora
SOUNDTRACK 2007
for automobile and sonorous guideline
The score was written by João Ferro Martins. This made Hugo Canoilas the executor and Ferro Martins the conductor. In other words, Ferro Martins created a concrete score where the musical instrument is an automobile intercepting the rumble strip on the highway at different dynamics and rhythms.
A documentary video and sound recording is planned for this action.
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