Why Because

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.
Daniel Farioli | photographie de la performance "Pourquoi Parceque", 1976 | © Daniel Farioli | photographie : © DR | courtesy de l'artiste