Roulette (Part III) - 2005
table with 12 chairs, 12 separate place settings, 12 wooden hangers with modified clothes and props, monitor/dvd. For the setting: 12 persons, 12 individual meals, vc on a rotating platform
The work “Roulette (part III)” functions as a performative installation for a coterie (closed circle). Each seat is assigned with a specific temper/character and brief instructions that act as the basis for a typical type of behavior. Twelve individual meals with assorted cutlery evoke a synergy effect between consistency/taste and nature/emotions and sensitivities of the individual character. Each person is equipped with individually altered cloth and props that provide “points of contact and interference” and connect the participants in particular spots with elastic straps. The non-verbal, undercurrent level arising on the individual table setting displays a three-dimensional psycho-diagram, the mind-struggle is physically apparent. During the action a video camera is placed in the middle of the table and rotates steadily; the image is streamed live outside of the room for the public.