here comes a bride.part1
Performence and Urban intervention
Downtown Haifa, Israel
December 2011
A Street, two large screens, a gallery,
a catwalk and art.espionage members
“here comes a bride #1” was held in a gallery space and projecetd into the street. Inside the gallery were two sets. The first set was of a dressing room, in which the camera was installed in place of a mirror. art.espionage members were filmed in close-up, getting ready to a become brides by putting on make-up, shaving, getting dressed, and more. The second set was a long shot of a catwalk, on which the new brides showed themselves in varied absurd ways, such as using crutches, dressing in toilet paper, eating a banana and so forth.
The viewers, invited guests and chance passers-by were located in the street below watching the two scenes simultaneously. Two large screens were placed parallel to each other on two sides of the street, containing the audience between them and transforming them into users taking part in the performance.
The event was a visual phenomenon that challenged the routine reciprocal relations between internal/external spaces and the performer/viewer relationship.
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Crowd infrot of the virtual bride |
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Crowd between two virtual brides |
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Crowd between virtual brides
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Street view
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Bride eating a banana
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Handicapped brides walking the catwalk
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