Static Tensions, structure # 1 / Galleri B OA / Oslo (NO) / 2020
Static Tensions are site specific textile constructions that stretches through all three exhibition rooms at galleri BOA in Oslo.
Transparent, white lycra is used to convert the spaces into a serie of voids. Stainless steel pipes and connector clamps in Structure # 1 and construction wood in Structure # 2 form the squared structures to which the textile membranes adhere. Sharp led-lights emphasize the inner structures.
At several occasions during the exhibition period a dancer interacts with the textile forms, pressing her limbs, extremities and body toward the membrane. The bodily forms become an integrated part of the textile membranes, dissolving the boarders between inside and outside.
Performance duration: 2 hours at four occasions during the exhibition period.
Performed by: Marie Rechsteiner
Material: Transparent lycra, stainless steel pipes, connector clamps, construction wood, neoprene and led lights
Size: Structure # 1: Inner framework stainless steel: 600 * 250 cm; Outer framework stainless steel: 180*230 cm. Length of textile membrane: 700 cm. Installation area: 650 * 800 cm. Structure # 2: Outer frame: 117*204 cm; middle frame (door): 133*246 cm; inne frame: 15*15 cm. Length outer textile membrane: 950 cm. Length inner textile membrane: 480 cm.
Installation area: 550*950 cm.
The project is kindly supported by: BOA – Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus.
Photos: Adrian Bugge
