Creator:

Julien Blaine

Performer:

Julien Blaine

Witness:

Joël Hubaut

Charles Dreyfus

Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux

Producer:

Julien Blaine

Occurence:

Places:

Galerie des Ponchettes

Starting date:

1980

Topology:

municipal galleries

Organization:

revue Doc(K)s

Background:

an evening organized by the magazine Doc(K)s during the Biennale de Paris in Nice.

Producer:

Marc Sanchez

Adress:

Nice

France

Julien Blaine | Pression Im/pression Surim/pression, 1980

Synopsis / Description:

Capture vidéo d'une performance de Julien Blaine à la Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, lors d'une soirée de performances organisée par la revue Doc(k)s.
Courtesy Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (MAMAC) de Nice.
Numérisation réalisée par la Villa Arson.

Performances:

title unknown

Description:

This was probably one of my most memorable performances. One of the performances that I reenacted during my tour bye bye la perf (Bye-Bye Performance) (Éditions Al Dante – 2006 : catalog + DVD & CD on the jacket) at the Ménagerie de verre in 2004 (one last one!) with Toshiko Oiwa, a dancer for the Ballet Preljocaj.

As the choreography unfolds I trace pictograms around all the components of the word « pression » (« pressure « ):

Expression : Pression = Impression
Expression : Compression = Impression
Expression : Oppression = Impression
Expression : Repression = Impression
Expression : Depression = Impression
Expression : suppression = Impression
on the syllable ssion, complete stillness.
And I thrust out my chest.
Then when the sequence is over:
6 figures or pictograms.
I shout:
Superimpression
And this is the last improvisation on the variations of the word superimpression and on the dancer’s choreography…

Just when the dancer stands still at the cry “impression”.
From pictograms to a hieroglyph the word is composed...
The choreography and the words become a sentence.

Julien Blaine | capture d'écran du film de la performance "Pression Im/pression Surim/pression", 1980 | © Julien Blaine | photographie : © DR | courtesy MAMAC