Jeanne Dark is neither a shaman nor a witch. She could be a mythical figure, but she is not. She is in the world, always on the edge, on the threshold of visibility, not to be categorized. She moves through crowds of people without being part of them, meets glances without succumbing to them. She is the shadow of a certainty that does not exist.
Production
Concept and performance : Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe
Music composition : Ursula Winteraurer
Video setting : David Pujadas Bosch
With the kind contribution of the students of APL-Angewandte Performance Lab Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien Artur Sechernthaner-Lourdesamy, Zhou Yuri, Sekritt Unzog, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Arina Nekliudova
BIOS
Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe was born in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) and grew up in France, where she studied art. In 1998, she received the “Diplôme National d’Expression Plastique” for her sculptural work at the College of Fine Arts in Tourcoing, France. Since then she has developed a reflection on the transformation of spaces, time and bodies on stage and in exhibition spaces in the form of performance / installation / sculpture. Her latest performance installations show a variety of perspectives that imply different perceptions of one and the same reality. For consciousness is like the field of vision. It is not a framed image seen by a third, external eye, it is captured without distance and, although limited (we cannot see what is happening behind us), it has no edges: limited and yet without “border”. The various scenographic means employed make it possible to reshuffle the cards to unmask (especially repressed) conventions, to flatter ambiguities and thus to stage the many incoherent attitudes that assail us.
In 2018, she developed the concept of “Salon Souterrain”, a platform for discussion that combines different forms and artistic gestures. Alongside this artistic direction, Tambwe continues her own choreographic creations, collaborating with other choreographers, visual artists or directors such as Esther Stocker, Markus Schinwald, Robyn Orlin, God’s Entertainment, Companie La Fleur, Theater die Combinate…among others, she has been represented at the Herbstfestival, LUXEMBURG Theater, Donaufestival, Steirischer Herbst, Wiener Festwochen, ImPulsTanz Festival Wien, brut Wien, WUK performing arts Wien and Kunstraum NÖ. In 2022 “Speech of Love: Absence” was premiered at WUK Vienna, and shown at Afrovibes Festival (NL) and FFT Düsseldorf (D). In the same year Tambwe presented the pilot of her telenovela “The Mask of The Schwarzen-Löwenbergs” (2022) at Filmcasino, and the solo exhibition “LeBoudoir” (2022) at Kunstraum NÖ, Vienna. More information: www.elitambwe.com
Music, composition
Ursula Winterauer alias Gischt lives and works as a composer, electronic music producer and curator in Vienna. Her works deal with raw and brutal sounds in digital over-determination, delivering differentiated interpretations of the industrial, techno and ambient genres. Winterauer is the bassist of the doom pop band Eaeres and is part of the duo The Answer is No with Maja Osojnik. She works as a sound designer and composer for film and develops compositions for contemporary dance, is label boss of Ventil Records, co-organiser and commercial director of the Unsafe+Sounds Festival and curator of New Salt – Festival for sonic exploration & digital art.
https://gischt.xyz/
https://www.instagram.com/gischt____/
http://ventil-records.com/
Vidéo
David Pujadas Bosch
David Pujadas Bosch geboren in Barcelona, lebt seit 2000 in Wien. 2000-2013 bei IBM Österreich in verschiedenen Bereichen tätig (u.a. Announcement Support Advisor, Quality Coordinator, Country Focal Point) 2003-2013 Studium an der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien bei Monica Bonvicini (Skulptur und performative Kunst) und Harun Farocki (Film und Kunst). Seit 2013 in der Filmklasse von Thomas Heise. Arbeitet hauptsächlich mit Video und Film, beschäftigt sich aber auch mit Fotografie, Zeichnung, Schreiben und macht Performances und Klanginstallationen. Von 2009 bis 2016 regelmäßiger Illustrator, Autor und Buchhalter für Paradigmata – Zeitschrift für Mensch und Diskurs – neben anderen redaktionellen Tätigkeiten wie Layout, Redaktion und Vertrieb.
https://davidpujadasbosch.wordpress.com
Production
Indra Jäger born in Frankfurt/Main has been living in Vienna since 2000. After studying journalism and communication sciences she co-initiated and directed the art and culture association IM ERSTEN (2012-16). In her role as artistic director, she has conceived, accompanied and implemented over 100 projects at the interface of visual and performing arts. Through collaboration with artists from various disciplines, follow-up projects have developed in which she works as a freelance curator, production and cooperation partner.
