DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE, 2017

In The Immaterial Biography of Dreams I recount my dreams in a strictly descriptive manner—and in an attempted chronological order—to the rock I took from a public beach in the island of Lido di Venezia.

 

My impressions and insights about the dreams are written with black ink on an acrylic tray filled with water. If an inscription is a way to overcome time and memory, in this work this assumption is dissolved: by writing on water, I’m also dissolving language and memory. The transparency of the water becomes darker, full of insights that were  inspired by what was revealed to—or born from—my imagination in the nights I dreamed. The water and my insights turn into one substance.

 

In Immaterial Biography I am the agent affecting  a constant transference between the incorporeal substances of my dreams, the dissolution of writing/language, and the materiality of the rock, the metal quill, and the ink. Untold dreams and nightmares are spoken, transformed in sound frequency and emanated to the rock—a matter that pertains to the natural world for far longer than my existence.

 

Lido di Venezia itinerary

When the performance comes to an end, I wrap the rock in black velvet and carry it with me from the performance space to my hotel. Placing it on my pillow, I sleep and dream with my head over the wrapped rock. On the following day, I travel back to the beach in Lido. I unwrap the rock and place it close to the shore, over other rocks, where it will be washed by the sea when the tide is high.

SEARCHING THE ROCK

PERFORMANCE AT PALAZZO MORA

DREAMING ON THE ROCK

RETURNING THE ROCK TO LIDO DI VENEZIA – THE FINAL LANDSCAPE

CREDITS

Performance by Cristiane Bouger

Translation of the performance score into Italian by Giulia Mattera

Photography by Giorgia de Santi and Lorenza Cini

Photography in Lido di Venezia by Sabrina Bellenzier

 

The Immaterial Biography of Dreams was created in Venice, resulting  from the convergence of my explorations of the city, the process developed during the workshop “Considering Time”, under the tuition of Marilyn Arsem, and from my personal interest in the material and immaterial qualities subscribed to this entire experience. The 4-hour durational performance was presented as part of  Venice International Performance Art Week  | Co-Creation Live Factory – Prologue 1.

PERFORMANCES

VENICE, ITALY

2017 Venice International Performance Art Week

Co-Creation Live Factory – Prologue 1

Palazzo Mora, Venice/December 16th, 2017

FUNDS

This performance was made possible through the funds of Umwelt Studio.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

In The Immaterial Biography of Dreams I recount my dreams in a strictly descriptive manner—and in an attempted chronological order—to the rock I took from a public beach in the island of Lido di Venezia.

 

My impressions and insights about the dreams are written with black ink on an acrylic tray filled with water. If an inscription is a way to overcome time and memory, in this work this assumption is dissolved: by writing on water, I’m also dissolving language and memory. The transparency of the water becomes darker, full of insights that were  inspired by what was revealed to—or born from—my imagination in the nights
I dreamed. The water and my insights turn into one substance.

 

In Immaterial Biography I am the agent affecting  a constant transference between
the incorporeal substances of my dreams, the dissolution of writing/language, and the materiality of the rock, the metal quill, and the ink. Untold dreams and nightmares are spoken, transformed in sound frequency and emanated to the rock—a matter that pertains to the natural world for far longer than my existence.

When the performance comes to an end, I wrap the rock in black velvet and carry it with me from the performance space to my hotel. Placing it on my pillow, I sleep and dream with my head over the wrapped rock. On the following day, I travel back to the beach in Lido. I unwrap the rock and place it close to the shore, over other rocks, where it will be washed by the sea when the tide is high.

Performance by Cristiane Bouger

Translation of the performance score into Italian by Giulia Mattera

Photography by Giorgia de Santi and Lorenza Cini

Photography in Lido di Venezia by Sabrina Bellenzier

 

The Immaterial Biography of Dreams was created in Venice, resulting  from the convergence of my explorations of the city, the process developed during the workshop “Considering Time”, under the tuition of Marilyn Arsem,
and from my personal interest in the material and immaterial qualities subscribed to this entire experience. The 4-hour durational performance was presented as part of  Venice International Performance Art Week  |
Co-Creation Live Factory – Prologue 1.

VENICE, ITALY

2017 Venice International Performance Art Week

Co-Creation Live Factory – Prologue 1

Palazzo Mora, Venice/December 16th, 2017

This performance was made possible through the funds of Umwelt Studio.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

In The Immaterial Biography of Dreams I recount my dreams in
a strictly descriptive manner—and in an attempted chronological order—to the rock I took from a public beach in the island of Lido
di Venezia.

 

My impressions and insights about the dreams are written with black ink on an acrylic tray filled with water. If an inscription is a way to overcome time and memory, in this work this assumption
is dissolved: by writing on water, I’m also dissolving language and memory. The transparency of the water becomes darker, full of insights that were  inspired by what was revealed to—or born from—my imagination in the nights I dreamed. The water and my insights turn into one substance.

 

In Immaterial Biography I am the agent affecting  a constant transference between the incorporeal substances of my dreams,
the dissolution of writing/language, and the materiality of the rock, the metal quill, and the ink. Untold dreams and nightmares are spoken, transformed in sound frequency and emanated to the rock—a matter that pertains to the natural world for far longer than
my existence.

When the performance comes to an end, I wrap the rock in black velvet and carry it with me from the performance space to my hotel. Placing it on my pillow, I sleep and dream with my head over the wrapped rock. On the following day, I travel back to the beach in Lido. I unwrap the rock and place it close to the shore, over other rocks, where it will be washed by the sea when the tide is high.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

In The Immaterial Biography of Dreams I recount my dreams in a strictly descriptive manner—and in an attempted chronological order—to the rock I took from a public beach in the island of Lido di Venezia.

 

My impressions and insights about the dreams are written with black ink on an acrylic tray filled with water. If an inscription is a way to overcome time and memory, in this work this assumption is dissolved: by writing on water, I’m also dissolving language and memory.
The transparency of the water becomes darker, full of insights that were  inspired by what was revealed to—
or born from—my imagination in the nights I dreamed.
The water and my insights turn into one substance.

 

In Immaterial Biography I am the agent affecting  a constant transference between the incorporeal substances of my dreams, the dissolution of writing/language, and the materiality of the rock, the metal quill, and the ink. Untold dreams and nightmares are spoken, transformed in sound frequency and emanated to the rock—a matter that pertains to the natural world for far longer than
my existence.

When the performance comes to an end, I wrap the rock in black velvet and carry it with me from the performance space to my hotel. Placing it on my pillow, I sleep and dream with my head over the wrapped rock. On the following day, I travel back to the beach in Lido. I unwrap the rock and place it close to the shore, over other rocks, where it will be washed by the sea when the tide is high.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE, 2017

In The Immaterial Biography of Dreams I recount my dreams in a strictly descriptive manner—and in an attempted chronological order—to the rock I took from a public beach in the island of Lido di Venezia.

 

My impressions and insights about the dreams are written with black ink on an acrylic tray filled with water. If an inscription is a way to overcome time and memory, in this work this assumption is dissolved: by writing on water, I’m also dissolving language and memory. The transparency of the water becomes darker, full of insights that were  inspired by what was revealed to—or born from—my imagination in the nights I dreamed.
The water and my insights turn into one substance.

 

In Immaterial Biography I am the agent affecting  a constant transference between the incorporeal substances of my dreams, the dissolution of writing/language, and the materiality of the rock, the metal quill, and the ink. Untold dreams and nightmares are spoken, transformed in sound frequency and emanated to the rock—a matter that pertains to the natural world for far longer than my existence.

Lido di Venezia itinerary

When the performance comes to an end, I wrap the rock in black velvet and carry it with me from the performance space to my hotel. Placing it on my pillow, I sleep and dream with my head over the wrapped rock. On the following day, I travel back to the beach in Lido. I unwrap the rock and place it close to the shore, over other rocks, where it will be washed by the sea when the tide is high.

SEARCHING THE ROCK

PERFORMANCE AT PALAZZO MORA

DREAMING ON THE ROCK

RETURNING THE ROCK TO LIDO DI VENEZIA – THE FINAL LANDSCAPE

CREDITS

Performance by Cristiane Bouger

Translation of the performance score into Italian by Giulia Mattera

Photography by Giorgia de Santi and Lorenza Cini

Photography in Lido di Venezia by Sabrina Bellenzier

 

The Immaterial Biography of Dreams was created in Venice, resulting  from the convergence of my explorations of the city, the process developed during the workshop “Considering Time”, under the tuition of Marilyn Arsem,
and from my personal interest in the material and immaterial qualities subscribed to this entire experience. The 4-hour durational performance was presented as part of  Venice International Performance Art Week  |
Co-Creation Live Factory – Prologue 1.

PERFORMANCES

VENICE, ITALY

2017 Venice International Performance Art Week

Co-Creation Live Factory – Prologue 1

Palazzo Mora, Venice/December 16th, 2017

FUNDS

This performance was made possible through the funds of Umwelt Studio.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.