the thing that was before is gone
installation + performance, 2024
‘the thing that was before is gone’ started out as a collaboration of some members within the TimeWindow community, and since then has had several editions over its lifetime.
The initial collaboration between the artists borus.fuckyea, Cem Altinoz and Maria Sartzetaki was built upon the common interest in exploring the themes of death and decay through visceral bodily responses, and drew inspiration from concepts like rites of passage, transcendence, and transformative cycles of existence and non-existence.
As an outcome of their Rule of 3 residency in TimeWindow, the trio created an evening consisting of three parts.
A slow march through the passage, led by Borus, followed by the performance choreographed and performed by Maria Sartzetaki and Cem Altinoz on the sound, and the end of the night with the collective cooking of the ceremonial desert with the audience members.
(All photographs by Mihai Gui)
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The initial collaboration between the artists borus.fuckyea, Cem Altinoz and Maria Sartzetaki was built upon the common interest in exploring the themes of death and decay through visceral bodily responses, and drew inspiration from concepts like rites of passage, transcendence, and transformative cycles of existence and non-existence.
As an outcome of their Rule of 3 residency in TimeWindow, the trio created an evening consisting of three parts.
A slow march through the passage, led by Borus, followed by the performance choreographed and performed by Maria Sartzetaki and Cem Altinoz on the sound, and the end of the night with the collective cooking of the ceremonial desert with the audience members.
(All photographs by Mihai Gui)
