Albin Werle

Works with Live Art Danmark
2013 “Sleeping in a crowded exhibition space” at Alt_Cph 13

Sleeping in a crowded exhibition space
Albin made this performance as part of an ongoing research project he named dream archaeology. For it, he explored ways of planning his dreams in advance, and he often extracted ideas for drawings and sculptures from them afterwards. As part of our performance program for the alternative art fair Alt_Cph 13, Albin installed a bed in an exhibition booth and exhibited himself sleeping and dreaming up new art in the bustling exhibition hall for an entire day.

The video below also contains an audience talk with Albin (sorry for the poor sound quality).

About the Artist
In his project Dream / Archeology Albin made himself dig and look for objects in his dreams, behind the boundaries set by his sleeping brain.
Today, in his work as a visual artist, Albin focusses primarily on making games – interactive artworks that exist in a space between tools and talismans, spells and lullabies. Each game is a compound of images and tactile materials together with oral or written instructions – works of art that are made to be touched, moved, held and turned, sung and pronounced. Along with the objects, players explore philosophical, aesthetic and political possibilities of concepts, materials and patterns of interaction.

See more of Albin’s current work on his website and Instagram.

Om liveart_dk

Liveart.dk was founded in 2004 in Copenhagen to promote the discussion, documentation and development of live art in Denmark. The organisation is equally inspired by the imaginative and entertaining English Live Art tradition as by the theoretical and political German theatre tradition. We have organised 10 large international festivals of Live Art for kids and adults since 2004, and over 40 discussion events, books, video series, symposia and more in the field of live art, performance art, art criticism and documentation. We collaborate with theatres, music venues, art museums and festivals in Denmark and internationally.