The Raising and Lowering of an Austrian Drape / Rehearsal Number 2, at De Nieuwe Albina
Camera walks towards the middle of the space. There’s a closed curtain. The camera moves through the curtain. On the other side of the curtain the restaurant continues, the space is almost mirrored. As the Camera moves through, the curtain rag folds around the camera and closes the camera off in a square of curtain. From outside someone on a chair reaches for the camera and takes it away from the camera person. Camera is hooked into a construction on top of the curtain. Camera now films a bird’s eye view of the camera person in the curtain square. Looks like a dressing room. Camera person undresses.
Note from the curatorial team:
Olivia was our first pick for this season due to the playful nature between front- and backstage in her recent graduation work, using the physical and metaphorical curtain to divide these states of mind. As the narrator directs our view, they skillfully reveal the seams of our constructed reality, with emphasis on the delicate balance between what’s in view and what remains hidden.