Wedding Performance
Video.5’55”. 2010
20 min Performance. 2010
Many times, during walks in nature, I played with seeds that stick to clothes, a sort of way of reproducing itself. I collected many of it
and covered whole canvases. Then I realized that the inventor of the Velcro had the same intuition before me. A hook and a buckle and
the union is made. Once again the duality comes into play, an element cannot do without its opposite. I then contacted the inventor's
heirs to ask for some material, which they kindly gave me. Thus the idea of creating a fake marriage was born: The performance focuses
on the concept of couple as a place where relationships can find their best way to blow up. A couple of young married are wearing
typical wedding clothes but which were manufactured with Aplix® material (alias velcro).They celebrate their union in the middle of
spectators with a traditional photo shoot, cake and champagne, while their relationship gradually deteriorates. They begin to fight to
regain their own freedom of movement, trying unsuccessfully to separate.
The event took place on june 17th 2010 at galleria Spazio Vault, via genova 17/15, Prato, Italy.
The pictures of the performance are by photographer Julien Lavigne.
