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Ibelisse GUARDIA FERRAGUTTI, <Selvage>, Performance, Video, 60', 2016 ⓒ Photos by: Jochem Jurgens
Ibelisse GUARDIA FERRAGUTTI Selvage
‘There is no sound without movement, no image without sound. These three elements are necessary accomplices that are hopelessly intertwined. ’Ibelisse’s performance <Selvage>(2016) was developed by the inspiration she obtained during the course of learning Wushu, Kungfu and whip from Taoist (Wudang Mountains) and Buddhist (Shaolin temple) monks in China for three months. The performance of swishing whips against a white wall is a work of cyclic meditation to Ibelisse. The movements of whips create sound and leave black traces on the white wall. The performance continues for at least 3 hours and as time goes by, what’s left gradually inscribed on the wall are traces – a tribute to the movements, sounds and images. |
