La stessa performance, fatta in luoghi differenti, dimostra come il contesto e la performance si influenzino a vicenda, offrendo una riflessione sulla realtà circostante. La performance Virus, realizzata al Sofa di New York, ha avuto esiti completamente differenti da quella realizzata a Bologna, e implicazioni aggiuntive.
Il virus che Liuba ha incarnato alla fiera di New York ha portato scompiglio e divertimento, diventando il vero protagonista della fiera e, destabilizzando con ironia il sistema, ha messo in crisi i parametri consueti del mondo dell'arte.
A New York la performance
ha portato stupore, allegria, curiosità e rifiuto…ed è
stata interrotta con l'espulsione di Liuba dalla fiera. Il video inizia
con questa espulsione (le riprese erano proibite e sono state fatte
di nascosto), che rende sempre più sottile e ambiguo il confine
tra realtà e performance, e col paradossale dialogo sull'onnipotenza
del dio-vendita e del dio-denaro.
presented by WEISSPOLLACK Gallery, New York
"On the opening night one of our artists turned the entire fair into a living breathing sculpture. Liuba, who came from Milan to perform, dressed in a black outfit and covered herself in oversized red sold dots. Walking around the fair she chose works and placed dots on the walls next to them. The piece is called "Virus" and has been performed with great success all over Europe.
The point of this performance is to point out the temporary nature of these fairs and the difference between reality and fiction which we in the art world create with these fairs and in our everyday dealing. The sold dot is the most prominent marking and is universal in the art world so it is a great way to make a point about how we exist and what we believe.
One of the purposes
of performance art and happening is the illicit different response from
different types of people and to then capture them on film. She is in
this way creating a portrait of an event or a period.
The films serve as documentation of her temporary creation and are sold
as the final product. The SOFA NY footage quickly became one of her
finest happenings. Many people loved what she stood for and what she
was doing and you can see in the soon to be edited film and these still
the excitement she created.
However, some became
very upset for unknown reasons. Perhaps too much of the spotlight was
going onto one artist. She was then escorted out of the building by
military personnel. While she was outside the building she tried to
film the floor mat at the entrance which ironically said "Welcome".
Even outside the building they found a reason why she shouldn't be filming.
The military men confronted her camera woman. They confiscated her ID
and Passport and told her that she had to destroy the tape in the camera
or they would keep her papers. Fortunately it was a new tape and nothing
was really lost."
Thank you,
David Pollack
