Jeanne Dark n’est ni chamane, ni sorcière. Elle pourrait être une figure mythique, mais elle ne l’est pas. Ce qu’elle possède, c’est une manière d’être au monde qui la place toujours en marge, à la lisière du monde visible. On l’appelle femme, faute de mieux, mais elle n’appartient à aucune catégorie définie. Elle traverse les foules sans s’y fondre, répond aux regards sans jamais totalement s’y abandonner. Elle est l’ombre d’une certitude qui n’existe pas.

Production

Concept et performance : Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe
Composition : Ursula Winterauer
Vidéo : David Pujadas Bosch

Avec l’aimable participation des étudiants de l’APL-Angewandte Performance Lab Universitat fur Angewandte Kunst Wien Artur Sechernthaner-Lourdesamy, Zhou Yuri, Sekritt Unzog, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Arina Nekliudova

BIOS

CONCEPT

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

MUSIQUE & VIDEO

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 est né à Barcelone et vit à Vienne depuis 2000. 2000-2013 a travaillé chez IBM Autriche dans différents domaines (conseiller en soutien aux annonces, coordinateur de la qualité, point focal national, entre autres). 2003-2013 a étudié à l’Académie des beaux-arts de Vienne avec Monica Bonvicini (sculpture et art performatif) et Harun Farocki (film et art). Depuis 2013, il suit les cours de cinéma de Thomas Heise. Travaille principalement avec la vidéo et le film, mais s’adonne également à la photographie, au dessin, à l’écriture et à la réalisation de performances et d’installations sonores. De 2009 à 2016, a régulièrement illustré, écrit et tenu des comptes pour Paradigmata – Journal for People and Discourse – parmi d’autres activités éditoriales telles que la mise en page, l’édition et la distribution.
https://davidpujadasbosch.wordpress.com

TEAM

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.