Plataforma, 2017

Plataforma, 2017
Duração da performance: 5:28:41
SESC Belenzinho, Brasil
O trabalho é resultado de bolsa residência na Central Saint Martins, Londres em parceria com o SESC.

Participação: Hugo Curti

A artista se vale do padrão visual de seu corpo como critério de seleção de suas próprias concorrentes numa competição de força e resistência teoricamente “justa” . Na performance, Elen tenta vencer 41 mulheres realizando a simples ação de permanecer o maior tempo possível na ponta dos pés sobre uma pequena plataforma de madeira (com descansos de cinco segundos cada). Ao desistir da ação, a participante se dirige ao estúdio de fotografia onde escolhe – a partir de um menu de 8 poses disponíveis- a pose que melhor lhe agrada e tira a foto. A grande vencedora recebe um book com 10 poses.

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Platform” is a performance/competition in which 42 women try to stay as long as possible on tiptoes. Aiming at a theoretically “fair” competition of strength and resistance, the artist uses the visual pattern of her body as a template and criterion for selecting her own competitors. To strictly conform to these parameters, the artist selects the participants using catalogs from modeling agencies. During the action, all model/participants wear the same homogeneously white lycra overalls – as soon as one of them gives up, she goes directly to an on-site photography studio where she chooses from a menu of 8 available poses – the pose that best suits her. The overall winner receives a customized book with 10 poses. However, the performance has no judge, thereby questioning the legitimacy of the competition itself and the position of the public as an observer who can also judge.

In “Platform”, the repetition of the same gesture and appearance emphasizes the instrumentalized, synthetic and mechanized aspects of the body in an attempt to reach a perfection that is never attained. In parallel, these repetitions together with the spectacularization of the action problematize the art performance as a liturgical game of acting, patience, resignation, and exhaustion. The performance is then seen as a structure that arises among other existing social constructions leaning into the absurd.

The first version of Platforma was held at SESC Belezinho, in São Paulo, and lasted approximately 5 hours.



“..as soon as one of them gives up, she goes directly to an on-site photography studio where she chooses from a menu of 8 available poses – the pose that best suits her.”


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Pictures by @Hugo Curti
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Concorrentes:
Alanna Pinheiro, Amanda Bobadilha Ciccarelli , Ana Rachel Guimarães Vidal, Bárbara Tonelli de Castro
Beatriz Oliveira Costa, Bianca Bologna, Camila Cardoso de Oliveira, Camila Trota Filizzola, Ellen Marques, Bittencourt Ribeiro, Emily Gonçalves de Almeida , Flávia Lopes de Melo, Gabriela Bonilha, Gabriela Goes, Hamati Rosa, Gabriella Rocha de Olveira, Giovanna Liguori Albachiari, Giulia Zanata da Silva, Grazielly Braz Moreira, Ingrid Veiga, Janaína Moraes Franco, Jeniffer Leocadio Silva, Jessica Mancini Fernandes Jurasic , Keilla Silva de Souza, Kennyda Salles, Leticia Renedo Rodrigues , Lidiane Guimarães Vieira, Liliane Ribeiro, Maria Viviane, Marina Issa, Mirela Rodrigues Romano, Monike Demikoski, Natalia Pereira dos Santos, Pamella Garcia Souza Bravo, Paula Adriano Martins, Paula Frizo Oshikawa, Sabrina Barreto Lino
Sabrina Saraiva, Simone Silva de Queiroz, Stefanie Rodolfo, Stephanie Sarto, Talitha Bewlay, Talitha Manuela Freitas, Victoria Chagas Garacia Casting: Thalita Murad

Captação das Imagens:
Jito Florencio
Gustavo Loyola
Tiago Santinho
Luísa Estanislau
Carolina Uhr Dinapoli

Edição do vídeo:
Gustavo Loyola

Produção:
Melanina Produções Culturais

Apoio:
SESC
Central Saint Martins
o trabalho é resultado de residência artística promovida pelo Sesc e Central Saint Martins/ University of Arts London