Anaïs Héraud (FR)

Anaïs Héraud (FR)

Anaïs Héraud Works for Live Art Danmark 2013 “Dawdle” at Hitparaden 1 DawdleIn English, to “dawdle” means to move aimlessly. The pronunciation is somewhat similar to the french word “dodeliner”, to nod one’s head slowly from one side to the other, like when following the rhythm of a song. Anaïs made a series of performances all titled “Dawdle”. Each is a performative mind-map of desire. In the the captivatingly slow development of the Copenhagen edition, her body dialogues with materials like cinder blocks and dawdling dildos, and in the end she buries love songs in soil. Anaïs explains: “For this performance, I’m working with erotic objects of mass production. I […]