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Ury & Carpenter (D) 2007 - 08
Video/performance English 1 hour 2007 (30.10) Original concept Tanya Ury’s, developed and performed by Laurel Jay Carpenter and Tanya Ury, during the ”Avant-Garde Dating” week, 27.9.-3.10.2007, for Art Forum, The New Life Shop Art Gallery, Choriner Strasse 85, Berlin (D) 2007 (30.11.-11.1.2008) A computer representation with all video trailers from the week’s residency in the New Life Shop Art Gallery, Berlin (D) www.isefoundation.org is included in the exhibition “In Pursuit: Art on Dating” at the ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery, New York (USA) Avant-Garde Dating was a Wooloo concept by the artists/curators Sixten Kai Nielsen & Martin Rosengaard www.AvantgardeDating.com An article by Simon Hoegsberg on Tanya Ury’s and Laurel Jay Carpenter’s partnership during the Avant-Garde Dating week appeared in the Danish magazine “Samvirke”, February 2008: www.simonhoegsberg.com
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Over the years Tanya Ury has compiled several lists of partners, the sexual, the platonic, of abusive relationships, of those desired, those fantasised or dreamed about. Although the opportunity arose to present work on these themes after 2001 in the Galerie 68 Elf, Cologne, Ury was concerned about the self-indulgent nature of the subject and let it go. The situation in the New Life Shop Art Gallery, Berlin with Laurel Jay Carpenter offered itself again as an opportunity to revisit an undeveloped concept and a collaborative work ensued. Within the Avant-Garde Dating framework the idea of sparring partners in a speed-dating situation was developed; each gave the other their list of partners. One chose from the others list and she then had exactly 5 minutes to relate a kiss and tell story. Then it was the others turn. At the end of an hour the game was complete. It emerged that in some cases 5 minutes was not enough time to get to the point, in others the raconteur was left speechless for minutes. Tanya Ury |
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| Game & Match, 30th September, Laurel Carpenter’s Story: John Bloom, 5 minutes 8 seconds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5. Game & Match, 30th September, Tanya Ury’s story: Colin, the ashram, 5 minutes 20 seconds |
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