Yvonne Wilhelm, Christian Hübler, Alexander Tuchacek: macghillie_just a void

Title:

macghillie_just a void

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Performers:



• Yvonne Wilhelm
• Christian Hübler
• Alexander Tuchacek

Symposium:

• ISEA2010: 16th International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• Dortmund’s U-Tower , Dortmund , Germany

Creation Year:

2009

Art Event Overview:

In the public performance project macghillie_just a void, urban sites are visited by a figure, clad in a camouflage suit, who reveals neither the traits of an individual, or even of a person. The so-called Ghillie Suit was originally invented in the nineteenth century for hunting, and has been
used as camouflage for soldiers in military conflicts ever since the First World War. Its camouflage results in the anonymization and the neutralization of the person who wears it in public. The figure oscillates between the hyperpresence of a mask, and visual redundancy. It traverses the modern urban environment in which conspicuity holds ambivalent currency, wavering between cumbersome affirmation and visual arbitrariness.

Full text (PDF) p. 54-58

Category:

• Performance Art
• Art Exhibition