The World Will Not End
1st edition 2012
The World Will Not End as spray paint message at Leap gallery, Berlin, Germany. In collaboration with Claus Philipp Lehmann. The message is a trace left after a strobe light performance in the dark followed by live graffiti action. Part of performance night 'Manisensations' curated by Voin de Voin and Stephanie Ballantine. As part of curatorial policy the performance itself was not documented but left to the moment of the act.
'Manisensations' was a night of performative event ritualisation and part of a research project of artists Voin de Voin and Stephanie Ballantine.
Manifestation, the physical formulation of an idea.
Sensation, the internal, a phenomenology that appears before language.Manisensation – a formulated manifesto of ideas explored internally and implemented externally, the building of a ’self-sitution‘ (institution of the self) that is in itself a base for communication.
In search of a lost sensation, they offer an open platform, a speaker’s corner where messages can be heard. The platform is offered as a sacred space allowing statements regardless of affiliations, social standing, stratifications, or social correctness. They focus on the notion of identity as a political construct without reflecting traditional anarchist approaches. They ask for voluntary participation to contribute to the creation of a self governed institution, imagining alternative art platforms.
- Voin de Voin and Stephanie Ballantine curators