TEASER
PERFORMANCE
"WALKING IN PUBLIC SPACES WITH TINBOX #6 ON MY BACK, FORT-KOCHI, KERALA, INDIA"
NADIA RUSSELL KISSOON
11 - 17 DECEMBER 2018
Exhibition: "Ubiquité", Margot Sokolowska
Assistant video: Prince & Maanas
Video editing: Caroline Godon
Performance in Fort-Kochi, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kerala's country side, India
"J'ai décidé qu'il était temps que j'expérimente la mobilité de mon oeuvre TINBOX à l'international. Et j'ai choisi comme destination le Kerala en Inde. Pour ce premier voyage, je pars avec une nouvelle Tinbox, là numéro 6 et une exposition de Margot Sokolowska. J'explore un autre mode de déplacement de la galerie à travers la marche. Je vais donc faire une performance et porter Tinbox #6 sur mon dos dans les espaces publics pendant 7 jours durant la quatrième Biennale d'art contemporain de Kochi".
Nadia Russell Kissoon, novembre 2018
Since 2007, Nadia Russell's artwork has focused on the creation of structures that are in-between an architectural sculpture and a gallery called "Tinbox". Tinbox (tiny box) is a concept that questions the physical and ideological space of the contemporary art gallery. Each Tinbox takes the form of a miniature exhibition space made from different materials. Artists are invited and encouraged to invest Tinbox as an "architectonic" space, the concept then beco- mes the support for curatorial projects. It can be presented in the streets, in museums, in gal- leries, in schools, and more. She also employ it during performances by carrying it on her back or pushing it in the streets.
Tinbox is a mobile "topos" of contemporary art. This nomadic artwork-space with unconven- tional dimensions can be displayed anywhere and even at different places at the same time! Its ease of adaptation makes it a unique tool of diffusion on the artistic scene. Tinbox pre- sents itself as an "heterotopic" artwork dedi- cated to artists, curators and critics who wish to approach art in an experimental way. The unique scale of the space invites the public to encounter the exhibitions in an intimate set- ting. Tinbox is a nomadic constructivist artwork in permanent transformation.
