PERFORMANCE LECTURE, 2014

On the Process – Phloem (Study on Hilst) was the first installment of an expanded performance project influenced by the poetry and life of Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004). Inspired by "Poems for the Men of Our Time" [Poemas aos Homens do Nosso Tempo], I conceived this movement-based performance lecture as a way to consistently share the strategies, doubts and concerns around the construction of my work.

 

When Hilst published these poems in 1974, Brazil was under a military dictatorship, which, arguably, suppressed the insurgence of Communism in the country. It came to my attention that five poems in Hilst’s series were dedicated as homages to dissident writers of the communist regime in the former Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (I), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (III), Alexei Sakharov (V), Pavel Kohout (VII), and Pyotr Yakir (IX). These five poems guided the creation of Phloem.

 

Phloem Diagram, designed by Cristiane Bouger and Larissa Brandão.

Before the performance presentation, a diagram of the work process was distributed to each viewer. By overlapping the performance lecture with the diagram and a video with the duration of the 16-minute performance, I crafted the core of my exposure on process. The lecture focused on commentary about the performance score and content related to the work references; The diagram exposed the political persecution of each dissident, allowing the viewers to tap into their works, as well as to get a glimpse of Phloem’s structural aspects and further influences, which included the theater work of Tadeusz Kantor and the music of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya. It also pointed out aspects of Hilst’s biography and a timeline of the events that brought me to the creation of Phloem; The video, filmed in a single sequence frame, showed me in the role of the director who observes, and by this means, captured the movement of the viewer/critic as choreography. While my projected image on the background wall observed the presential performance, my uncertainties concerning the work were listened to as voice-over narration on the video. Close to the end of the performance, my feedback on the video interacted with my actual presence on the scene, exposing the multilayered roles implicit in my work—writer, director, video artist, and performer.

 

On The Process – PHLOEM (Study on Hilst), 20'06" (USA, 2014)

CREDITS

Performance Lecture by Cristiane Bouger

Cinematography by Johann Stollmeier with Editing by Bruna Michelin

Diagram by Cristiane Bouger and Larissa Brandão

Soundtrack: Composition No.2 "Dies Irae" (Ludus Gravis/Marino Formenti), by Galina Ustvolskaya. Voice record of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from Trilogy I: Live Not By Lies, by Sergei Miroshnichenko.

 

Special thanks to Ivan Deyoung-Dominguez, Olga Bilenky, and Instituto Hilda Hilst – IHH/Casa do Sol (Campinas/Brazil).

PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS

NEW YORK CITY, USA

2019  The diagram was shown as part of Bushwick Open Studios, September 29th–30th.

 

2015   The photos, video, and diagram were shown in the exhibition The Nudity Is Not Malicious – Video Performance, Photography and Documentation, as part of Bushwick Open Studios, June 5th–7th.

 

2014   Movement Research at the Judson Church series, November 24th.

FUNDS

This performance lecture was made possible, in part, through the Movement Research Artist-in-Residence Program, funded, in part, by the Davis/Dauray Family Fund and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

On the Process – Phloem (Study on Hilst) was the first installment of an expanded performance project influenced by the poetry and life of Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004). Inspired by "Poems for the Men of Our Time" [Poemas aos Homens do Nosso Tempo], I conceived this movement-based performance lecture as a way to consistently share the strategies, doubts and concerns around the construction of my work.

 

When Hilst published these poems in 1974, Brazil was under a military dictatorship, which, arguably, suppressed the insurgence of Communism in the country. It came to my attention that five poems in Hilst’s series were dedicated as homages to dissident writers of the communist regime in the former Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (I), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (III), Alexei Sakharov (V), Pavel Kohout (VII), and Pyotr Yakir (IX). These five poems guided the creation of Phloem.

Before the performance presentation, a diagram of the work process was distributed to each viewer. By overlapping the performance lecture with the diagram and a video with the duration of the 16-minute performance, I crafted the core of my exposure on process. The lecture focused on commentary about the performance score and content related to the work references; The diagram exposed the political persecution of each dissident, allowing the viewers to tap into their works, as well as to get a glimpse of Phloem’s structural aspects and further influences, which included the theater work of Tadeusz Kantor and the music of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya. It also pointed out aspects of Hilst’s biography and a timeline of the events that brought me to the creation of Phloem; The video, filmed in a single sequence frame, showed me in the role of the director who observes, and by this means, captured the movement of the viewer/critic as choreography. While my projected image on the background wall observed the presential performance, my uncertainties concerning the work were listened to as voice-over narration on the video. Close to the end of the performance, my feedback on the video interacted with my actual presence on the scene, exposing the multilayered roles implicit in my work—writer, director, video artist, and performer.

Performance Lecture by Cristiane Bouger

Cinematography by Johann Stollmeier with Editing by Bruna Michelin

Diagram by Cristiane Bouger and Larissa Brandão

Soundtrack: Composition No.2 "Dies Irae" (Ludus Gravis/Marino Formenti), by Galina Ustvolskaya. Voice record of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from Trilogy I: Live Not By Lies,
by Sergei Miroshnichenko.

 

Special thanks to Ivan Deyoung-Dominguez, Olga Bilenky, and Instituto Hilda Hilst – IHH/Casa do Sol (Campinas/Brazil).

NEW YORK CITY, USA

2019  The diagram was shown as part of Bushwick Open Studios, September 29th–30th.

 

2015   The photos, video, and diagram were shown in the exhibition The Nudity Is Not Malicious – Video Performance, Photography and Documentation, as part of Bushwick Open Studios,
June 5
th–7th.

 

2014   Movement Research at the Judson Church series, November 24th.

This performance lecture was made possible, in part, through the Movement Research Artist-in-Residence Program, funded, in part, by the Davis/Dauray Family Fund and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

On the Process – Phloem (Study on Hilst) was the first installment of an expanded performance project influenced by the poetry and life of Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004). Inspired by "Poems for the Men of Our Time" [Poemas aos Homens do Nosso Tempo], I conceived this movement-based performance lecture as a way to consistently share the strategies, doubts and concerns around the construction of my work.

 

When Hilst published these poems in 1974, Brazil was under a military dictatorship, which, arguably, suppressed the insurgence of Communism in the country. It came to my attention that five poems in Hilst’s series were dedicated as homages to dissident writers of the communist regime in the former Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (I), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (III), Alexei Sakharov (V), Pavel Kohout (VII), and Pyotr Yakir (IX). These five poems guided the creation of Phloem.

Before the performance presentation, a diagram of the work process was distributed to each viewer. By overlapping the performance lecture with the diagram and a video with the duration of the 16-minute performance, I crafted the core of my exposure on process. The lecture focused on commentary about the performance score and content related to the work references; The diagram exposed the political persecution of each dissident, allowing the viewers to tap into their works, as well as to get a glimpse of Phloem’s structural aspects and further influences, which included the theater work of Tadeusz Kantor and the music of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya. It also pointed out aspects of Hilst’s biography and a timeline of the events that brought me to the creation of Phloem; The video, filmed in a single sequence frame, showed me in the role of the director who observes, and by this means, captured the movement of the viewer/critic as choreography. While my projected image on the background wall observed the presential performance, my uncertainties concerning the work were listened to as voice-over narration on the video. Close to the end of the performance, my feedback on the video interacted with my actual presence on the scene, exposing the multilayered roles implicit in my work—writer, director, video artist, and performer.

Performance Lecture by Cristiane Bouger

Cinematography by Johann Stollmeier with Editing by Bruna Michelin

Diagram by Cristiane Bouger and Larissa Brandão

Soundtrack: Composition No.2 "Dies Irae" (Ludus Gravis/Marino Formenti), by Galina Ustvolskaya. Voice record of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from Trilogy I: Live Not By Lies, by Sergei Miroshnichenko.

 

Special thanks to Ivan Deyoung-Dominguez, Olga Bilenky, and Instituto Hilda Hilst – IHH/Casa do Sol (Campinas/Brazil).

NEW YORK CITY, USA

2019  The diagram was shown as part of Bushwick Open Studios,
September 29
th–30th.

 

2015   The photos, video, and diagram were shown in the exhibition
The Nudity Is Not Malicious – Video Performance, Photography and Documentation, as part of Bushwick Open Studios, June 5th–7th.

 

2014   Movement Research at the Judson Church series,
November 24
th.

This performance lecture was made possible, in part, through the Movement Research Artist-in-Residence Program, funded, in part, by the Davis/Dauray Family Fund and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

On the Process – Phloem (Study on Hilst) was the first installment of an expanded performance project influenced by the poetry and life of Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004). Inspired by "Poems for the Men of Our Time" [Poemas aos Homens do Nosso Tempo], I conceived this movement-based performance lecture as a way to consistently share the strategies, doubts and concerns around the construction of my work.

 

When Hilst published these poems in 1974, Brazil was under a military dictatorship, which, arguably, suppressed the insurgence of Communism in the country. It came to my attention that five poems in Hilst’s series were dedicated as homages to dissident writers of the communist regime in the former Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (I), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (III), Alexei Sakharov (V), Pavel Kohout (VII), and Pyotr Yakir (IX). These five poems guided the creation of Phloem.

Before the performance presentation, a diagram of the work process was distributed to each viewer. By overlapping the performance lecture with the diagram and a video with the duration of the 16-minute performance, I crafted the core of my exposure on process. The lecture focused on commentary about the performance score and content related to the work references; The diagram exposed the political persecution of each dissident, allowing the viewers to tap into their works, as well as to get a glimpse of Phloem’s structural aspects and further influences, which included the theater work of Tadeusz Kantor and the music of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya. It also pointed out aspects of Hilst’s biography and a timeline of the events that brought me to the creation of Phloem; The video, filmed in a single sequence frame, showed me in the role of the director who observes, and by this means, captured the movement of the viewer/critic as choreography. While my projected image on the background wall observed the presential performance, my uncertainties concerning the work were listened to as voice-over narration on the video. Close to the end of the performance, my feedback on the video interacted with my actual presence on the scene, exposing the multilayered roles implicit in my work—writer, director, video artist, and performer.

Performance Lecture by Cristiane Bouger

Cinematography by Johann Stollmeier with Editing by Bruna Michelin

Diagram by Cristiane Bouger and Larissa Brandão

Soundtrack: Composition No.2 "Dies Irae" (Ludus Gravis/Marino Formenti), by Galina Ustvolskaya. Voice record of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from Trilogy I: Live Not By Lies, by Sergei Miroshnichenko.

 

Special thanks to Ivan Deyoung-Dominguez, Olga Bilenky, and Instituto Hilda Hilst – IHH/Casa do Sol (Campinas/Brazil).

NEW YORK CITY, USA

2019  The diagram was shown as part of Bushwick Open Studios, September 29th–30th.

 

2015   The photos, video, and diagram were shown in the exhibition The Nudity Is Not Malicious – Video Performance, Photography and Documentation, as part
of
Bushwick Open Studios, June 5th–7th.

 

2014   Movement Research at the Judson Church series, November 24th.

This performance lecture was made possible, in part, through the Movement Research Artist-in-Residence Program, funded, in part, by the Davis/Dauray Family Fund and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the
City Council.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

PERFORMANCE LECTURE, 2014

On the Process – Phloem (Study on Hilst) was the first installment of an expanded performance project influenced by the poetry and life of Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004). Inspired by "Poems for the Men of Our Time" [Poemas aos Homens do Nosso Tempo], I conceived this movement-based performance lecture as a way to consistently share the strategies, doubts and concerns around the construction of my work.

 

When Hilst published these poems in 1974, Brazil was under a military dictatorship, which, arguably, suppressed the insurgence of Communism in the country. It came to my attention that five poems in Hilst’s series were dedicated as homages to dissident writers of the communist regime in the former Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (I), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (III), Alexei Sakharov (V), Pavel Kohout (VII), and Pyotr Yakir (IX). These five poems guided the creation of Phloem.

Phloem Diagram, designed by Cristiane Bouger and Larissa Brandão.

Before the performance presentation, a diagram of the work process was distributed to each viewer. By overlapping the performance lecture with the diagram and a video with the duration of the 16-minute performance, I crafted the core of my exposure on process. The lecture focused on commentary about the performance score and content related to the work references; The diagram exposed the political persecution of each dissident, allowing the viewers to tap into their works, as well as to get a glimpse of Phloem’s structural aspects and further influences, which included the theater work of Tadeusz Kantor and the music
of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya.
It also pointed out aspects of Hilst’s biography and a timeline of the events that brought me to the creation of Phloem; The video, filmed in a single sequence frame, showed me in the role
of the director who observes, and by this means, captured the movement of the viewer/critic as choreography. While my projected image on the background wall observed the presential performance, my uncertainties concerning the work were listened to as voice-over narration on the video. Close to the end of the performance, my feedback on the video interacted with my actual presence on the scene, exposing the multilayered roles implicit in my work—writer, director, video artist, and performer.

On The Process – PHLOEM (Study on Hilst), 20'06" (USA, 2014)

CREDITS

Performance Lecture by Cristiane Bouger

Cinematography by Johann Stollmeier with Editing by Bruna Michelin

Diagram by Cristiane Bouger and Larissa Brandão

Soundtrack: Composition No.2 "Dies Irae" (Ludus Gravis/Marino Formenti), by Galina Ustvolskaya. Voice record of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from Trilogy I: Live Not By Lies, by Sergei Miroshnichenko.

 

Special thanks to Ivan Deyoung-Dominguez, Olga Bilenky, and Instituto Hilda Hilst – IHH/Casa do Sol (Campinas/Brazil).

PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS

NEW YORK CITY, USA

2019  The diagram was shown as part of Bushwick Open Studios, September 29th–30th.

 

2015   The photos, video, and diagram were shown in the exhibition The Nudity Is Not Malicious – Video Performance, Photography and Documentation, as part
of
Bushwick Open Studios, June 5th–7th.

 

2014   Movement Research at the Judson Church series, November 24th.

FUNDS

This performance lecture was made possible, in part, through the Movement Research Artist-in-Residence Program, funded, in part, by the Davis/Dauray Family Fund and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the
City Council.

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY CRISTIANE BOUGER. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.