FIVE SEAMSTRESSES [2011]
Performance
Oude Kerk, Forum of live Art Amsterdam [FLAM], Amsterdam
Duration: 2 hours
Material: sewing machines/fabric/thread/piezos/audio equipment
5 Women working on a sewing machine, manufacturing barrier tape, used to barrier a location of an emergency. They work together, each working on part of the same tape, slowly barricading their perform
ative area and turning this area into an emergency. The sound of the machines is amplified, creating a rhythm of industrial and factorial engines.
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