{"id":299,"date":"2013-11-22T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/?p=299"},"modified":"2013-11-22T20:52:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:52:37","slug":"das-banale-bedeuten-to-admit-the-banal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"Das Banale bedeuten &#8211; To Admit the Banal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(for English version please scroll down)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Andr\u00e9s Galeano: Indexical, Performance am 9.11.2013 anl\u00e4sslich seiner Ausstellung UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS\u00a0 im Grimmuseum, Fichtestra\u00dfe 2, Berlin<br \/>\nBis zum 14. Dezember 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>I. Aufmerksamkeit wecken<\/h2>\n<p>Mit \u201cHello, Thanks for coming&#8230; This is Grimmuseum&#8230; I&#8217;m Andr\u00e9s Galeano&#8230;\u201c, begr\u00fc\u00dfte der K\u00fcnstler die Besucher seiner Performance INDEXICAL. Dann bezeichnete er nacheinander mit dem Finger Gegenst\u00e4nde,\u00a0 Personen oder Geb\u00e4udeteile und benannte sie: \u201cthis is a cable&#8230;he is Christopher&#8230;these are my glasses&#8230;here is electricity&#8230;this is a banana&#8230;he is a photographer&#8230;this is a wall&#8230;this is a scarf&#8230;this is a lamp&#8230;this is my smartphone&#8230;this is a performance&#8230;and these are images&#8230;\u201c Sodann schob er eine Auswahl von kleinformatigen Fotos in den Lichtkegel unter einer Videokamera, um sie zu projizieren.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_300\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222701konv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-300\" alt=\"A. Galeano: INDEXICAL, Grimmuseum, Foto: johnicon, VG-Bild-Kunst\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222701konv.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222701konv.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222701konv-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222701konv-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222701konv-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A. Galeano: INDEXICAL, Grimmuseum, Foto: johnicon, VG-Bild-Kunst<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Er schichtete Foto um Foto auf, und man sah nacheinander z.B. Freunde, Familien, Gruppen und Vereine bei Ausfl\u00fcgen und beim Feiern. Gro\u00dfeltern zeigten Kinder etwas und diese ahmten das Zeigen nach. Kinder verschiedenen Alters, Paare und Freunde wiesen auf etwas hin. Die Fotos hielten fest, dass sie dabei jeweils den anderen, die Kamera oder das Ziel ihres Zeigens anschauten. Da keine Best\u00e4tigung daf\u00fcr vorliegt, muss dies eine Behauptung bleiben, und berechtigt den Verdacht, dass der Finger auf gar nichts Bestimmtes zeigt, sondern lediglich die Geste des Zeigens reproduziert wird. Selten wirkte das Zeigen gedankenverloren. Meist war es ein Versuch Aufmerksamkeit zu erhaschen und meist direkt an die fotografierende Person adressiert. Dabei ging es dem Fotografierten darum, aufzufallen und sich damit selbst in Szene zu setzen, um die Aufmerksamkeit des Fotografen zu erregen. Diese Erkenntnis mag auch Galeano dazu gebracht haben, w\u00e4hrend der Performance Christopher (Hewitt) an der Videokamera mit seinem Namen oder mich als Fotografierenden mit einer Berufsbezeichnung direkt anzusprechen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Gesten des Weisens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Die Sprachwissenschaft unterscheidet Signifikat und Signifikant. Die Arbeit von Galeano f\u00fchrt uns au\u00dferdem vor, dass es neben dem Gegenstand und seinem phonetischen \u00c4quivalent auch ein gestisches \u00c4quivalent gibt. Der Performer setzte wie die Fotografierten nicht nur den Sprechakt ein, sondern das Weisen, was zugleich die Einbeziehung eines bezeichneten Dritten bedeutet und ein Akt der Selbstdarstellung ist. Es handelt sich mithin um eine performative Handlung, die durch die Person hinter der Kamera beantwortet wird, wobei mithilfe der Kameraeinstellungen, des Ausl\u00f6sers und der belichteten Fl\u00e4che ein \u00fcberpr\u00fcfbares Ergebnis erzeugt wird.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_301\" style=\"width: 719px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/indexical-Giacometti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301\" alt=\"A. Galeano: INDEXICAL -  Alberto Giacometti vor Manhattan\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/indexical-Giacometti.jpg\" width=\"709\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/indexical-Giacometti.jpg 709w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/indexical-Giacometti-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/indexical-Giacometti-500x198.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A. Galeano: INDEXICAL \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alberto Giacometti vor Manhattan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Das hatten auch ein Fotograf und Giacometti bemerkt, als sie gemeinsam auf einem Ozeandampfer Manhattan anliefen. Dort bot sich der K\u00fcnstler als Weisender als Motiv an, und mit dem Ausl\u00f6sen des Verschlusses wurde er und der Fotografierende augenblicklich zu Komplizen. Was vor ca. 70 Jahren noch eine gelegentliche Handlung gewesen seien mochte, hat Galeano als einen durch die Verbreitung der Amateurfotografie massenhaft ausgel\u00f6sten Akt hervorgehoben und somit der Erkenntnism\u00f6glichkeit \u00fcbergeben. Seine Sammlung in Verbindung mit der Performance erm\u00f6glichte au\u00dferdem die Erweiterung des Begriffs der Performanz aus der Sprachwissenschaft hin zum gestisch mimischen Akt vor Augen. Dabei w\u00e4hlt er das Mittel der Verdoppelung, das in einer Performance auch als Parodie eingesetzt werden kann. Darin ist der Hinweis enthalten, dass die Geste des Zeigens, die in der Ikonographie den Heiligen, Propheten, Priestern, K\u00f6nigen und Feldherren vorbehalten war, durch die massenhafte Verbreitung der stummen Fotografie zu einem Massenph\u00e4nomen der bildhaften Mitteilung geworden ist.<br \/>\n\u00a9 Johannes Lothar Schr\u00f6der<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO ADMIT THE BANAL<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9s Galeano: Indexical, Performance Nov. 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013 during the opening of his show UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS at Grimmuseum, Fichtestra\u00dfe 2, Berlin<br \/>\nuntil December 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>I. Attracting attention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello, Thanks for coming&#8230; This is Grimmuseum&#8230; I&#8217;m Andr\u00e9s Galeano.\u201c This is how the artist addressed his audience, which had gathered at the Grimmuseum for his Performance INDEXICAL. Sequentially he named things, persons or parts of the space: \u201cThis is a cable&#8230;he is Christopher&#8230;these are my glasses&#8230;here is electricity&#8230;this is a banana&#8230;he is a photographer&#8230;this is a wall&#8230;this is a scarf&#8230;this is a lamp&#8230;this is my smartphone&#8230;this is a performance&#8230;and these are images&#8230;\u201c In the following he put a choice of his collection of photographic prints in the beam of light underneath a camera.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_302\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222802konv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302\" class=\"size-full wp-image-302\" alt=\"A. Galeano: INDEXING, Grimmuseum, Foto: johnicon, VG-Bild-Kunst\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222802konv.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222802konv.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222802konv-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222802konv-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.owlperformanceart.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PB09222802konv-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A. Galeano: INDEXING, Grimmuseum, Foto: johnicon, VG-Bild-Kunst<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He piled print on print and among others you could see couples, families and groups on excursions, on holiday and while celebrating. No matter if parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, friends, lovers, colleagues, every picture showed someone pointing at things and people. The photographic images captured them looking at the camera or at objects, which they were indicating. Only rarely did anybody make the impression of being lost in thought, whereas many of the indexing persons seemed to point just anywhere, as they wanted nothing else than to attract the attention of the person taking a picture. This probably made the performer initially naming Christopher (Hewitt) at the video camera or pointing out the photographer<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Gestures of indexing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linguistic discourses distinguish signifier and signified only. However Galeano\u2019s performance demonstrates that the personas who were chosen to be photographed neither used speech nor did they act professionally but they made the area in front of the camera a space to perform in. Whoever had been photographed responded to the dispositive of photography, which requires gestures instead of words. This probably already happened in the 1950s, when Giacometti and a photographer were approaching or leaving Manhattan on the deck of a steamer. The artist made a gesture which extended the width of his body by pointing at something or nothing and the person who photographed clicked the camera. This made them become accomplices. The gesture of saints, prophets, emperors and generals was adopted by the artist being photographed. It could be that being special 70 years ago, but now \u2013 as Galeano showed \u2013 it had spread out as a mass phenomenon as taking pictures became a way of universal communication over the decades.<\/p>\n<p>Galeano\u2019s collection of amateur prints in combination with his performance leads not only to an expansion of the linguistic understanding of performances, but can be transferred to \u00a0amateurish photography, as it shows that multiple gestural and mimetic acts are included in private photographic albums. Following the iconographic element Galeano choose duplication, which is also kind of a parody of the exclusiveness indexing once has had in art-history as a gesture of gods, saints, prophets, kings and missionaries, while it became a mass-phenomenon of the contemporary digital exhibitionism.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Johannes Lothar Schr\u00f6der<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(for English version please scroll down) Andr\u00e9s Galeano: Indexical, Performance am 9.11.2013 anl\u00e4sslich seiner Ausstellung UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS\u00a0 im Grimmuseum, Fichtestra\u00dfe 2, Berlin Bis zum 14. Dezember 2013 I. 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