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| Venue |
Southern Exposure
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| Event |
The Element of Temporary 3
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| Location
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San Francisco, California
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| Date |
May 30, 2002
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| Version |
1.0
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participatory
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n/a
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| Description |
Audience members are randomly "grouped" with others they may or may not know. The point, of course, is to "shuffle" the audience into new groupings, in doing so, to create the potential for new relationships + new interactions. Throughout the night, the various "groups" are called up, sequentially, to get a stylized group portrait taken. Attendents hand them one of nine props (tennis racket, hockey stick, bicycle helmet, trophy, gun, briefcase, pineapple, basket, football - all painted yellow). Participants are given "wallet" sized versions of the group portrait to take home.
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| Press |
"In the behavioral study 'Recombinations', Kurt Bigenho places visitors to the gallery in random groups in the hope that they'll form enduring relationships..."
SF Weekly, Night & Day Section, May 29-June 4, 2002
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"Included in the mix are Kurt Bigenho's 'Recombinations by Kurt', in the artist will 're-combine' the audience into speculative groupings..."
SF Bay Guardian, 8 Days a Week Section, May 29-June 4, 2002
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| Feedback |
| A participant, holding up the wallet-size photo he'd been given: "This is the coolest thing I've ever gotten at an art show!" |
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Website
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n/a
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Genres
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Collaboration
Participation
Installation
Visual
Experiential
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Themes
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Categorization
Interaction
Repition
Satire
Smartassness
Spectacle
Typology
Variation
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