Ohne Kunst / mit Kunst

ENG : Without art / with art
my actions within the group performance at Kunst umgehen

At the initiative of Christiane Oppermann and Anna Grunemann through PAE Aktionslabor, I was invited to take part in a group performance in Hannover at Kunst umgehen (ENG : Bypass art; FR : Contourner l'art), where I had the privilege of meeting amazing performers and where I learned to transcend my own performative conceptions.

A soft and gentle scratching of a tree with a brush (because trees need to scratch their back too! ). Photo : China Hopson

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It was this beautiful day in Hannover, the sun was shinning, 27 degrees,

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the performance was about to happen in the old disused fontain downtown, at︎Andreas-Hermez Platz, Hannover.

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However, the surrounding environnement was hostile. The spot is knowned to be the place where people make usage of hard drugs and alcohol.

My boyfriend was actually assaulted by someone, just because we were talking.

We even had to call the ambulance for another person who was living a hard psychotic moment.

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When the actions started, the feeling in the place drastically changed. People passing by were stopping and started to watch, with some curiosity.

What is going on here...

︎︎︎Softly untangling a message. Photo : China Hopson

It became a place where everybody were together. A place of acceptance of what’s happening.

Something free, was being given to whoever passes by. Is this about freedom? Is it about doing what we want, when we want, where we want?

Elke playing with a version of myself. Photo : China Hopson

1.Christiane, Elke and Eva Maria in action. Photo : China Hopson
2.Carlotta, Christiane and Eva Maria in action. Photo : China Hopson
3.Carlotta Oppermann in action. Photo : China Hopson
4.Surya Tüchler in action. Photo : China Hopson

Christiane Obermayr in action. Photo : China Hopson

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︎︎︎ Object : litterral fake news. Photo : China Hopson

Photo : China Hopson

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Sometimes I have these questions about my pratice.

I feel that to be successfull, I should specialise and do ONLY ONE THING PERFECTLY and REPEAT IT.

but I am truly undisciplined in my way of seeing my practice.

I don’t want to be part of a school of thought. I feel it would be sad to close myself to one medium, one role, one way of expressing, only one way of doing art.

That would probably please the people trying to buy and sell, because they would know what they buy and what is to be sold.

I’m not saying I’m not selling anything.

I feel it is in the meeting with multiple people or in the translation within multiple medium that art happens. The encounter with a medium or a technique, the encounter with others, the encounter with the alter ego.

I feel like the artistic mediums/categories are some ready-to-wear categories, and they don’t fit on me
at all

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Thanks to these incredible artists for their inherent and contagious warmth :

Anna Grunemann,
Carlotta Oppermann,
Christiane Obermayr,
@cocophonia alias Christiane Oppermann
@evamariaschaller
@emmal.emma alias Elke Mark
@suryatuchler

Me bypassing my own performative conceptions @ Kunst umgehen.
Credit : François Rioux, 2025. Video : Pablo Elizondo

François Rioux