Lens-based performance artist Kim Engelen
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Bridge-performances all over the world!

Kim Engelen, [Bridges] Erasmusbrug, No. 11, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2012
Kim Engelen, [Bridges] Erasmusbrug, No. 11, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2012

"Hi, could you make a picture of me please?"
So far I did bridge performances in 13 countries. And I want to the bridge-performances all over the world. It is a simple action: I ask people to make a picture of me with the bridge in the background. They don't know that it is an art performance. I act like a (fellow) tourist. I give them my iPhone and stand in front of the Bridge. The action, the performance is asking the people to make a picture of me and the interaction that follows. The photos are objects of proof so to speak, memories, art.

In reverse chronological order:
Rome, Italy (2015)>>
New York, USA (2015)>>
Berlin, Germany (2015)>>
Geneva, Switserland (2014)>>
Dahlhausen, Germany (2014)>>
Sancti Spiritus, Cuba (2013)>>
Bacunayagua, Cuba (2013)>>
Oslo, Norway (2013)>>
Maastricht, Netherlands (2013)>>
Dortmund, Germany (2013)>>
Berlin, Germany (2013)>>
Copenhagen/Denmark and Malmö/Sweden (2013)>>
Berlin, Germany (2012)>>
Hamburg, Germany (2012)>>
Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2012)>>
London, United Kingdom (2012)>>
Copenhagen, Denmark (2012)>>
Lübeck, Germany (2012)>>
Prague, Czech Republic (2012)>>
Kassel, Germany (2012)>>
Malmö, Sweden (2012>>
Stockholm, Sweden (2012)>>
Echt, Netherlands (2012)>>
Roermond, Netherlands (2012)>>
Maastricht, Netherlands (2012)>>
Rotterdam, Netherlands (2012)>>
Amsterdam, Netherlands (2012)>>
Gothenburg, Sweden (2011)>>
Segovia, Spain (2011)>>
Seville, Spain (2010)>>
Oakland, USA (2010)>>
San Francisco, USA (2010)>>
Agra, India (2008)>>

Video Bridges] Part I>>
[Bridges] Book 1>>
Read more on [Bridges] on my weekly-blog>>

Shown:    
   

- Oct 5-24, 2012, BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Museo de Reproducciones Bilbao, Spain
- July 13, 2012, Webmagazine Hesa inprint, Finland
- May 7-27, 2012: Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
- February 18, 2012: Video festival FOKUS, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
- January 31, 2012: Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
Credits:    
A work by   Kim Engelen
Thanks to   People around the world who made a picture of me on a voluntary basis. With charging no money for it or having demands and thus supporting art!
Format   iPhone
[Bridges] Book 1 2012  

Part I to download here for free in digital form as pdf>>
Sound pieces   - Conversation on a Swedish bridge 2011, 4'41", 2012
- Time over Tower Bridge, 5'27", 2012
- Memory evoked by the John F. Kennedy bridge in Maastricht, 10'43", 2012
- Golden Gate bridge facts found on the Internet, 3'56", 2012
Video   Footage of Bridges from self-captured bridges, movies and documentaries: Video [Bridges] Part I, 19'01">>
Date   Ongoing...

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