A selection of works from 18 artists from Finlands dynamic live art scene.
Curated by Suvi Parrilla and Leena Kela, both emerging artists who are active in the Finnish performance art scene, the DVD features edited video documentation of between 5 and 10 minutes in length of performances from both emerging and well established artists based in Finland.
This is a ‘double layer’ DVD disc and contains over 150 minutes of video material documenting 18 separate performances. Background information and contact details are also provided for each artist.
Unique documentation of a year long performance project by one of America's most interesting performance artists.
"On September 23rd 2005 I began a project called 365 performances in which I set out to do a performance action every day for a year.
The context, content and methods of documenting the daily actions varied greatly.
I attempt to confuse art and life, and I attempt to have a new kind of experience with the viewer." - Jamie McMurry
A 90 minute video of Black Market Internatinonal performing at Les Halles, Brussels. As well as providing extensive documentation of a recent BMI performance
the DVD also includes a unique 35 minute lecture written in 2005 by BMI member Jürgen Fritz. It gives an overview of BMI's work from 1985 to 2005 and explores some of central elements of approach to performance.