Esther Ferrer
Performance Art: Theory and Practice
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performance lecture: 31 mins; video documentation above – 32 mins 43 secs
From original Festival website:
A performance that is a lecture, or a lecture that is a performance, a theory that becomes practice, or a practice that becomes theory.
The real, the imaginary, the logical, the absurd, the obvious and the not so obvious, a particular way to perform when speaking about performance.
Some may think she says nothing,
others may think she says too much,
may think she says enough and
may think she says not enough,
may think she says just what is necessary.
Some may think she does nothing,
others may think she does to much,
may think she does enough,
may think she does not enough
may think she does just what is necessary.
Actually, she speaks and she does, and that’s it.
ESTHER FERRER born San Sebastiãn, Spain 1937. Since 1966 she has been best known for her performances as a soloist and as member of ZAJ group. She has also been quite active in the plastic arts: reworked photographs, installations, canvases, constructions based on the prime number series, and so forth. She has performed throughout Europe as well as in the United States, Mexico, Japan, Cuba, Korea and Thailand. Performance continues to be her principal activity although she often does exhibitions as well. In 1999 she was one of the two artist representing Spain in the Venice Biennale and this year she received the Spanish National Fine Arts prize.
Performance Art: Theory and Practice
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From original Festival website:
A performance that is a lecture, or a lecture that is a performance, a theory that becomes practice, or a practice that becomes theory.
The real, the imaginary, the logical, the absurd, the obvious and the not so obvious, a particular way to perform when speaking about performance.