Anthem Moves
30th November 2019, Cooper Gallery Dundee
12 Hour Non-State Parade | International Symposium
‘A rigorous yet engaging piece of work, it was fantastic to have this piece as part of Cooper Gallery’s most important event of 2019. I enjoyed your piece enormously.’
Sophia Hao, Director & Principal Curator, Cooper Gallery
Elisabeth Schilling created Anthem Moves in response to Jasmina Cibic’s work on artistic statecraft. The movement score was developed on the basis of the implicit and explicit rules of behaviour – and their breaking – while anthems are played: How do people conduct their bodies? Which modes of affirmation and critique do they develop? While the common image of a body exposed to a national anthem is certainly that of a static and reverential state subject, actual bodies are always traversed by numerous conscious and unconscious micro- and macro-movements. Accordingly, every movement in the performance is a ‘found movement’ taken from online videos of anthem performances.
The soundtrack, composed by Andreas Papapetrou, is a collage of excerpts from instrumental versions of the national anthems of various countries around the world, chosen for both their symbolism and their musical properties – rhythm, harmony, tempo, etc. None of these excerpts, however, is presented in its original form. All sound clips have been edited and combined with each other in order to create new sound colours and textures. While traces of basic melodies and themes may still be heard, the listener has to actively seek them out within the texture of the music.
Dramaturgy: Moritz Gansen
Images: David Lawson/ Sally Jubb
Lou begann im Alter von 5 Jahren in ihrer Heimatstadt zu tanzen. Im Jahr 2012 schloss sie sich dem Ballet Junior de Genève an, wo sie Werke von renommierten Choreografen wie Andonis Foniadakis oder Hofesh Schechter tanzte. 2016 schloss sie sich dem Kamea Dance Cie in Israel an, wo sie unter anderem Werke des Regisseurs Tamir Ginz, aber auch von Nacho Duato und Marco Goecke tanzte. Seit 2020 ist sie als Gasttänzerin am Grand Théâtre de Genève engagiert und arbeitet seitdem als freischaffende Tänzerin.
Johanna Schmitt
Johanna Schmitt
