Series:

Nothing for us

Creator:

Doohwa Gianton

Performer:

Doohwa Gianton

Theoretical background:

Percé (‘Pierced’)
Fragment (‘Fragment’)
Où ? Là ! (‘Where? Here!’)
The title of the series is Nothing for us. In one place are three installations corresponding to three performances.

I was going through a period of sadness. My husband had left me for the beyond…at the same time, I had gone back to art school in Monaco. In 2008, we did a group exhibit, and I thought of a series with three poems by Paul Verlaine (1881): Sagesse (‘Wisdom’), La Vie humble (‘The Humble Life’), and Le Ciel est, par-dessus le toit (‘The Sky Above the Roof’).

The performances were given on two days; that is, one day for the video with three different costumes, before a private audience, and one public representation during the opening, with just one costume, during which I mend the torn part. It’s a little like sewing a wound, and remaining in suffering.

Doohwa Gianton

The room is perfect for exhibiting, but this space reminded me again of the hospital with the fluorescent lights, the noise of the fan… which caused me to feel a deep sadness, maybe amazement.

The question of existence…

In life, you can feel sadness and fear, but after the despair you find the way that can lead to hope.

A poem by Paul Verlaine inspired me:

From the back of your bed

Have you the star

That the winter reveals?

As your heart beats,

As this idea,

Regret or desire,

Ravages to pleasure,

Your head obsessed,

Poor wandering heart!

(…)

Paul Verlaine, Sagesse (‘Wisdom’) (1881)

Doohwa Gianton

Occurence:

Places:

Salle du quai Antoine 1er

Starting date:

03 28 2008

6 minutes

Topology:

municipal galleries

Organization:

Pavillon Bosio, école supérieure d'arts plastiques de la ville de Monaco

ville de Monaco

Adress:

4 quai Antoine 1er

Monaco

Places:

Salle du quai Antoine 1er

Starting date:

03 29 2008

6 minutes

Topology:

municipal galleries

Organization:

Pavillon Bosio, école supérieure d'arts plastiques de la ville de Monaco

ville de Monaco

Adress:

4 quai Antoine 1er

Monaco

film de la performance, couleur sonore

Leili

Synopsis / Description:

Performances:

Pierced

Fragment

Where? Here!

film de la performance, couleur sonore

Tom

Synopsis / Description:

film de la performance, couleur sonore

Performances:

DooHwa Gianton | Nothing for us (série), 28 mars 2008 (représentation privée)

Synopsis / Description:

Capture vidéo de la performance en trois actes (Percé, Fragment, Où ? Là !) de DooHwa Gianton, Salle du quai Antoine 1er à Monaco.

Performances:

Pierced

Fragment

Where? Here!

DooHwa Gianton | Nothing for us (série), 29 mars 2008 (représentation publique)

Synopsis / Description:

Capture vidéo de la performance en trois actes (Percé, Fragment, Où ? Là !) de DooHwa Gianton, Salle du quai Antoine 1er à Monaco.

Performances:

Pierced

Fragment

Where? Here!

Description:

On a white wall hang two pillows. Below one pillow, on the floor, a pile of feathers is dumped.

1. In front of the stage, I apply glue to my costume while I sing.

2. I go on stage and bury my face in a pillow.

3. I rip open the other pillow with a knife.

I dump the feathers and they fly around, and with them the pain of absence. The imprint remains on the pillow.

4. I plunge into the feathers and they stick to me. I stay there without moving, the silence setting in.

5. I get up slowly and I lean on the other pillow.

6. I breathe heavily.

7. I leave.

Doohwa Gianton