Why Because | A history of performance art on the Riviera from 1951 until now

Series:

Pourquoi Parceque

Creator:

Daniel Farioli

Performer:

Daniel Farioli

Producer:

Daniel Farioli

Occurence:

Places:

Atelier de Daniel Farioli

Starting date:

1976

Topology:

in the countryside/village

Background:

this part of countryside of approximately fifteen hectares constituted Daniel Farioli's studio.

Producer:

Dominique Angel

Adress:

quartier de La Costière

Nice

Description:

Dominique Angel had asked Daniel Farioli to let students from the Villa Arson visit his work space and to propose them a performance.

It was something Daniel Farioli used to do often, he invited people to wander on his land, walked them through nature and concluded by a performance.

He actually considers nature itself a performance per se.

In this case, the walk always ended by setting fire to two white panels on which "Why" and "Because" were written in powder.

As years went by, Daniel Farioli executed this action many times.