Maximilian balduzzi's Posts - conectom2024-03-29T15:05:49Zmaximilian balduzzihttp://conectom.leimay.org/profile/maximilianbalduzzihttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/66458287?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://conectom.leimay.org/profiles/blog/feed?user=2d7rdck59o5qy&xn_auth=noLEIMAYblog: THE ARTISTS ARE PRESENT by Maximilian Balduzzitag:conectom.leimay.org,2012-12-06:5831649:BlogPost:321752012-12-06T14:30:00.000Zmaximilian balduzzihttp://conectom.leimay.org/profile/maximilianbalduzzi
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<p>The body of the future is a present body.</p>
<p>A new relationship validates the impulses and immediacies revealing the vulnerability and intimacy of our physical reality.</p>
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<p>The performance is the presence of the artists.</p>
<p>The performance is the artists’ presence.</p>
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<p>The artists present the performance:</p>
<p>October 23<sup>rd</sup>, performers meet for the first time as human beings</p>
<p>October 25<sup>th</sup>, first email followed by first…</p>
<p></p>
<p>The body of the future is a present body.</p>
<p>A new relationship validates the impulses and immediacies revealing the vulnerability and intimacy of our physical reality.</p>
<p>[…]</p>
<p>The performance is the presence of the artists.</p>
<p>The performance is the artists’ presence.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The artists present the performance:</p>
<p>October 23<sup>rd</sup>, performers meet for the first time as human beings</p>
<p>October 25<sup>th</sup>, first email followed by first phone call</p>
<p>October 26<sup>th</sup>, performers first date. Dinner</p>
<p>October 27<sup>th</sup>: performer 2 presents work, performer 1 witnesses. Dinner</p>
<p><strong>SANDY.</strong></p>
<p>October 30<sup>th</sup>, 2pm, performer 2 visits performer 1 at his location. 4.33pm performer 1 receives invitation to answer the question “What is the future body?”. Performer 2 is seated in front of performer 1 at a dinner table. Performer 1 invites performer 2 to participate</p>
<p>November 1<sup>st</sup>-November 18<sup>th</sup>, noon, performers rehearse intimacy and vulnerability</p>
<p>November 18<sup>th,</sup> noon-November 21st, 2pm, performers avoid physical contact</p>
<p>November 21<sup>st</sup>, 2pm, performers grab two chairs, enter the space, sit facing and begin.</p>
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<p>Machines are not vulnerable, humans are.</p>
<p>Machines can not be intimate, humans can.</p>
<p>(While writing this article performers were unable to avoid physical contact)</p>
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<p>Maximilian Balduzzi</p>
<p>Whitney V. Hunter</p>