hands are the window of the soul
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hands are the window of the soul
Format: Performance
Year: 2016
Materials: transparent gloves, earth
The performance brings together a series of clear gestures where hands are the essential element. The gestures vary from classical representations of either universal human gestures representing poverty, peace, religion and art, to exact personal gestures representing public figures and political symbols. In the same time, each gesture is also a communication medium, carrying a whole message behind it.
The performer is incorporating all these gestures, telling a silent story while going from one pose to the other one, wearing transparent gloves. Under the gloves, dirty hands can be viewed.
Performed at the BONE 19, Performance Art Festival Bern 2016, part of “Bodily Skills” at the Stadtgalerie, Bern, CH
