{"id":9370,"date":"2013-06-27T15:29:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=9370"},"modified":"2013-06-27T15:29:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:29:37","slug":"fort-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/fort-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"FORT Kollektiv"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Secondary layes of reality: The situation according to this Berlin art trio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhite Cubes bore us. We create disruptions to the liminal space between art and everyday life, testing its limits,\u201d says Alberta Niemann of FORT Collective. The trio of Anna Jandt (born 1980 in Bremen), Jenny Kropp (1978, Frankfurt am Main) and Niemann (1982, Bremen) stage site-specific performances which range from running a hotel (\u201cHotel Marienbad\u201d, 2006) to recreating street scenes (\u201cThe Golden Rule\u201d, 2010). Creating a second layer of reality is the recurring theme in their works, shifting and estranging norms, and everyday references. \u201cWe didn\u2019t define our practice as art at first,\u201d they say. Instead it is an exploration of possibilities, test- ing the boundaries of what can be defined as art.<\/p>\n

For instance, at their performance of \u201cThe Golden Rule\u201d at Galerie lena Br\u00fcning, the artists decided to leave the gallery completely empty, and instead just to play music and offer drinks. \u201cIf the visitors were observant, one could see that the street scene kept on repeating itself,\u201d they say. \u201cThe same man walked by eating a Capri ice-cream, people repeating the same actions on a five-minute loop, in time to the song playing. We appeared in overalls, hanging the poster for the show. In the end, every car driving off was suspected of being part of the performance.\u201c Viewer\u2019s mindset is key to the works: FORT specifically want to avoid expectations on behalf of the audience that they will be witnessing \u201cart\u201d, as this defeats the intention of the piece. \u201cOur expectation is not to create something that is obviously theatrical, otherwise the work just turns into a spectacle. We want to integrate our practice into the situation itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

They reference Jim Jarmusch\u2019s concept of the non-space \u2013 a place where little, if anything, happens. \u201cWe like the idea of working in places that disappear afterwards \u2013 \u2018Hotel Marienbad\u2019 [2006] took place in an old customs house in Bremen that was due to be demolished. We had a hotel for three days, hosting guests. We were the cleaners, the chamber maids, and the spies.<\/p>\n

We wanted to create this impression of timeless- ness, this feeling that you are playing a scene that never ends, particularly in combination with the non-spaces, this feeling of being in a mov- i.e, caught in a scene,\u201d they say. \u201cAll three of us are fascinated by films, our passion for cinema exceeds our passion for art. Many of our performative works have a character reminiscent of movies. Films create a parallel reality \u2013 these strange artificial moments which engender a heightened sense of perception.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their studio space in a Kreuzberg side-street accommodates functional furniture and a stripped-down aesthetic, but reveals little evidence of the trio\u2019s practice. Instead, installations are developed site-specifically. \u201cWe don\u2019t create artworks that can be transported and made in advance, as each piece is created on-site. Thus they don\u2019t have a classical studio practice, developing their ideas on walks or at each other\u2019s homes. \u201cWe toss balls to each other, developing ideas on index cards, talk, smoke and drink together until we have created a detailed concept for each performance.\u201d Pieces can take up to six months from initial conception to execution \u2013 for \u201cFort Hatchery Works\u201d, the collective laboured on-site at a Neuk\u00f6lln district heating plant, setting up an assembly line for coal eggs \u2013 and depend on the availability of spaces and the cooperation of often bemused employees.<\/p>\n

Their show, \u201cMorgen letzter Tag\u201d at Kunsthaus Dresden is their first institutional solo exhibition. The surroundings pose a challenge to the FORT Collective modus operandi: thus, their first move will be to subvert the space itself by barricading the museum fa\u00e7ade with used timber, and to alter the rooms with large scale installations or by using sound. Institutional critique without the theory then \u2013 in characteristic FORT manner.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Text by Jeni Fulton<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.fortcollective.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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