A new iteration of my Major Performance Work, "To Train a Fart in the Desert" 2023 - 2024 was produced for this curated art gallery exhibition. The project created an alternative perspective on the legacy of the Euro-Western in Spain and its constructed landscapes (frontiers). Working through a performance art methodology it produced a dynamic and adaptive space, where participants could engage with real and imagined terrains with sound and body through the experimental brass instruments. This opened up new perspectives in thinking about landscape and our individual and collective ways of interpreting terrain.
NTRO Output Category
- Original Creative Work : Visual artwork
Place
Barcelona, SpainVenue
Tangent ProjectsNTRO Publisher
Tangent ProjectsStart Date
2024-01-12End Date
2024-02-16Medium
Performance and Video InstallationResearch Statement
"To Train a Fart in the Desert" was a major international creative work that took place in numerous iterations across Spain between 2023 - 2024. For this curated exhibition I produced a new iteration of the work.
The project engaged in the fields of performance art, experimental sound, cinema and themes around landscape. Through a performance art-based methodology the work responded to the Euro-Westerns shot in Spain in the 60s and the scores that Italian composer Ennio Morricone wrote to accompany them.
The project created an alternative perspective on the legacy of the Euro-Western in Spain and its constructed landscapes (frontiers). Working through a performance art methodology it produced a dynamic and adaptive space, where participants could engage with real and imagined terrains with sound and body through the experimental brass instruments and moving image. This opened up new perspectives in thinking about landscape and our individual and collective ways of interpreting terrain. The project had a major impact across Spain and Europe. The inclusion in Flucktpunkt 2024 is evidence of the success of the project and the continuing interest that it garnered.Size or Duration of Work
Performance Event 2 hoursAffiliation
Mark Shorter, University of Melbourne
