Photograph by Bea Borgers
4 hour performance Common Ground in SIGNAL festival Brussels Belgium on Saturday 30 September, 12pm to 4pm 2017
To Watch Video vimeo.com/247462152
During SIGNAL John Court was working with the students from the Athénée Serge Creuz in Molenbeek in Brussels. He discussed, drew, conceived and constructed an object together with young newcomer students and the carpentry class who made both of the objects being used in the performances.
One of the objects was designed by the artist and the other one (at the courtyard of the school) was designed from the drawings made by the students, both objects were made by the students. The students had answered through drawings to the question what does language look like as an object in what you hear and what you speak.
The first performance is in the courtyard of the school Athénée Serge Creuz in Molenbeek. He brings a 3-part object out of the wood workshop to the courtyard and tapes two parts together, then he places the third one on top of them and lifts one side of the three-part object up and starts to turn around. Sometimes the end drops down so he moves the object to find the space to lift it up again and carries on like this for the whole 4 hours duration of the performance.
4 hour performance Common Ground in SIGNAL festival Brussels Belgium on Saturday 30 September, 12pm to 4pm 2017
To Watch Video vimeo.com/247462152
During SIGNAL John Court was working with the students from the Athénée Serge Creuz in Molenbeek in Brussels. He discussed, drew, conceived and constructed an object together with young newcomer students and the carpentry class who made both of the objects being used in the performances.
One of the objects was designed by the artist and the other one (at the courtyard of the school) was designed from the drawings made by the students, both objects were made by the students. The students had answered through drawings to the question what does language look like as an object in what you hear and what you speak.
The first performance is in the courtyard of the school Athénée Serge Creuz in Molenbeek. He brings a 3-part object out of the wood workshop to the courtyard and tapes two parts together, then he places the third one on top of them and lifts one side of the three-part object up and starts to turn around. Sometimes the end drops down so he moves the object to find the space to lift it up again and carries on like this for the whole 4 hours duration of the performance.