PARADE (2014)

Parade, 2014, installation and performance, steel ladders, wooden objects, rope and steel pulleys, 12 hours,
dimensions variable

Photo: Clemens Habicht

PALAIS DE TOKYO, PARIS
2016

Originally commissioned for the 19th Biennale of Sydney, 'Parade' consists of a series of upright metal pipes shaped to form ladders and bars, pulley systems and weights, all sitting atop a large platform that emphasised its sculptural, object status, as well as its theatrical presence and the notion of ‘demonstration’...Most precisely, 'Parade' links to a type of performance art that explores body and movement. A derivation but radical departure from dance to a more social/sculptural relationship between body, space, object and audience that takes its cue from the actions of the commonplace, or Michel de Certeau’s ‘everyday’, and references a certain awareness of Karl Marx’s theory of surplus labour.

- Juliana Engberg

Parade, 2014, installation and performance, steel ladders, wooden objects, rope and steel pulleys, 12 hours, dimensions variable

Photo: Ben Symons, Stephen Ward & Tai Spruyt

19TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY
COCKATOO ISLAND
MAR 21 - JUN 19, 2014
Commissioned by the 19th Biennale of Sydney

Performers: Biennale of Sydney volunteers
Performance Coordiantors: Francis Robinson & Alexandra Pedley
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its funding and advisory body; and Ars Ultima Paris.