Boris Nieslony (DE)

Boris Nieslony (DE)

Boris Nieslony Work for Live Art Danmark 2015 “Nature Study” and Group Performance with Black Market International at Kulstof 15, Aalborg 2023 Untitled Performance at Friisland Live. Nature Study Boris began his performance by observing a row of seven fairly large stones that previously had been installed in a line across a narrow street. He preoceeded to move the stones along the street one by one in different ways. Some were held close to his body, in the crook of his arm, others  balanced on his head or on the back of the neck and upper back. Occasionally the sharp sound of a rock crashing on pavement segmented the slow, […]

Alastair McLennan (UK)

Alastair McLennan (UK)

Alastair MacLennan Work with Live Art Danmark 2015 Group performance with Black Market International and solo performance “Rust a Gust” at Kulstof 15, Aalborg “Rust a Gust” As a member of the performance group “Black Market International“, Alastair participated in our performance program “Kulstof 15, The Body as Process and Image” in November 2015. He also presented an impressive solo performance, “Rust a Gust”. Outside, in the semi dark of a November night in Aalborg, he manipulated a collection of natural objects, including water, twigs, stones and strings, as well as artists materials, paper and ink on a table covered in white cloth. Simple manipulations and movement, but mostly focus […]

Black Market International

Black Market International

Black Market International Work with Live Art Danmark 2015 Group performance at Kulstof 15, Nordkraft, Aalborg Group Performance For a long durational performance, the artists who collectively perform under the legendary moniker of Black Market International took over the vast hall of the culture centre Nordkraft in the Danish city of Aalborg, a former coal fired power plant. Starting with a selection from their huge archive of helpful objects and action-images, amassed in more than 30 yeas of common practice, they quietly set out to act and interact, shape the atmosphere and temperature of the space for the given time of six hours. As always with Black Market, there was […]