SPREAD "DEAD"

SPREAD "DEAD"

SPREAD "DEAD"

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PERFORMANCE

Duration: circa 3 hours

Year: 2018

Location: University of Fine Arts Dresden

Participants: Passers-by

Sequence:

The performance takes place on a busy sidewalk by the river Labe, in front of the university. She is lying down on the promenade and outlining her body contours with chalk. After finishing the basic silhouette, she continuously adds more and more  lines so
that her “drawing” becomes bigger.
She continues to draw, until all of her chalk is used up. Once he drawing is finished, she puts
some funeral candles on the drawing and lights them.
People who see the finished drawing ask the artist questions such as: 

“Has someone died here?”

“It looks like a crime scene, what is this about?”

After some time, a group of children comes and surrounds the drawing. Soon they realise that the rest of the chalk is lying on the drawing, and they begin to pick it up, and run away with it. Every now and then people walk through the drawing. Luckily, she was able to take some photos before it started to rain. When she came back after the rain, the outlines were already gone.

The few things that remained were a couple of funeral candles (two were stolen) and some pieces from the chalk. People were writing their names on the pavement with  chalk. I also found a sign on paper in transparent foil with the words: … “You can kiss my a**, you artists from the HfBK.”

 Heiser chose the title Spread “dead” on purpose, supposing that people would associate the performance with death. She was also expecting that some people would walk through the drawing and spread the chalk stuck on their shoe soles throughout the city.

 

PERFORMANCE

Duration: circa 3 hours

Year: 2018

Location: University of Fine Arts Dresden

Participants: Passers-by

Sequence: he performance takes place on a busy sidewalk by the river Labe, in front of the university. She is lying down on the promenade and outlining her body contours with chalk. After finishing the basic silhouette, she continuously adds more and more lines so that her “drawing” becomes bigger. She continues to draw, until all of her chalk is used up. Once he drawing is finished, she puts some funeral candles on the drawing and lights them. People who see the finished drawing ask the artist questions such as:

“Has someone died here?” ...

“It looks like a crime scene, what is this about?”

After some time, a group of children comes and surrounds the drawing. Soon they realise that the rest of the chalk is lying on the drawing, and they begin to pick it up, and run away with it. Every now and then people walk through the drawing. Luckily, she was able to take some photos before it started to rain. When she came back after the rain, the outlines were already gone.

The few things that remained were a couple of funeral candles (two were stolen) and some pieces from the chalk. People were writing their names on the pavement with chalk. I also found a sign on paper in transparent foil with the words: … “You can kiss my a**, you artists from the HfBK.”

Heiser chose the title Spread “dead” on purpose, supposing that people would associate the performance with death. She was also expecting that some people would walk through the drawing and spread the chalk stuck on their shoe soles throughout the city.

PERFORMANCE

Duration: circa 3 hours

Year: 2018

Location: University of Fine Arts Dresden

Participants: Passers-by

Sequence: he performance takes place on a busy sidewalk by the river Labe, in front of the university. She is lying down on the promenade and outlining her body contours with chalk. After finishing the basic silhouette, she continuously adds more and more lines so that her “drawing” becomes bigger. She continues to draw, until all of her chalk is used up. Once he drawing is finished, she puts some funeral candles on the drawing and lights them. People who see the finished drawing ask the artist questions such as:

“Has someone died here?” ...

“It looks like a crime scene, what is this about?”

After some time, a group of children comes and surrounds the drawing. Soon they realise that the rest of the chalk is lying on the drawing, and they begin to pick it up, and run away with it. Every now and then people walk through the drawing. Luckily, she was able to take some photos before it started to rain. When she came back after the rain, the outlines were already gone.

The few things that remained were a couple of funeral candles (two were stolen) and some pieces from the chalk. People were writing their names on the pavement with chalk. I also found a sign on paper in transparent foil with the words: … “You can kiss my a**, you artists from the HfBK.”

Heiser chose the title Spread “dead” on purpose, supposing that people would associate the performance with death. She was also expecting that some people would walk through the drawing and spread the chalk stuck on their shoe soles throughout the city.

PERFORMANCE

Duration: circa 3 hours

Year: 2018

Location: University of Fine Arts Dresden

Participants: Passers-by

Sequence:

The performance takes place on a busy sidewalk by the river Labe, in front of the university. She is lying down on the promenade and outlining her body contours with chalk. After finishing the basic silhouette, she continuously adds more and more lines so
that her “drawing” becomes bigger. She continues to draw, until all of her chalk is used up. Once he drawing is finished, she puts
some funeral candles on the drawing and lights them. People who see the finished drawing ask the artist questions such as: 

“Has someone died here?”

“It looks like a crime scene, what is this about?”

After some time, a group of children comes and surrounds the drawing. Soon they realise that the rest of the chalk is lying on the drawing, and they begin to pick it up, and run away with it. Every now and then people walk through the drawing. Luckily, she was able to take some photos before it started to rain. When she came back after the rain, the outlines were already gone.

The few things that remained were a couple of funeral candles (two were stolen) and some pieces from the chalk. People were writing their names on the pavement with chalk. I also found a sign on paper in transparent foil with the words: … “You can kiss my a**, you artists from the HfBK.”

 Heiser chose the title Spread “dead” on purpose, supposing that people would associate the performance with death. She was also expecting that some people would walk through the drawing and spread the chalk stuck on their shoe soles throughout the city.