Pants konzepte (Germany 2011)

Co-Lab Editions 2 at SAVVY Contemporary Berlin, Germany

Wednesday, the 27th of April 2011

Review by Ioana Muntenescu

Pants Konzepte

performance by Ruth Feukoua and Serge Olivier Fokoua (Cameroon)

Curated by Marcio Cavallo

Have you ever been to an art performance and had your underwear tailored for you in the same time?

On Wednesday, the 27th of April 2011 the savvy-contemporary gallery in Berlin was pleased to offer its visitors this unique experience.

The performance conducted by the 2 Cameroonian artists was funny, playful and intimate: under the eyes of a simultaniously amused and shy public, they took their time and wrapped visitors' butts and waists in vividly coloured tape, thus tailoring individual pieces of underwear. Separated from their initial model, the emerging objects were placed in all their size and form on high pedestals and raised to the status of sculptures. Later that evening, driven by curiousity, some of us dared to touch the exhibited underwear. The electric colour of the tape added to their almost surreal appearance. Each pair of underwear, unique and lavishly resting on display, also brought a smile to the people passing by the gallery, who didn't witness the process of their creation and had no idea how the objects showed up there.