Live Performance using 2000 Meters of Caution Tape, 2013
Cameras: Celia Eslamieh Shomal & Faezeh Kalami
An artistic, architectural and performative intervention as the opener of the the International O. Festival for Opera. Music. Theatre. Rotterdam.
As the opener of the the International festival Operadagen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Entekhabi erects a wall like "architecture" by running caution tape back and forth between fixed points inside a church or another location. An ephemeral barrier is created in the space, thereby evoking the tradition of the chancel screen in medieval churches or the Iconostasis of the Orthodox Church, in which the sacred space is divided from the public space. At the same time, the work with caution tape stands specifically in relation to Entekhabi's Gesamtwerk. He utilized the caution tape in various video performances, (see for example "Caution", 2005) to cordon off territories in public space, which he then used for himself.
No Exit thematises the process of inclusion and exclusion. Both, Shahram Entekhabi and VOX NOSTRA, are active protagonists in the performance intervention. The action is comprised of Entekhabi´s work with red and white caution tape, which he has used in diverse video performances and interventions. The vocal ensemble VOX NOSTRA from Berlin is involved in the action by singing liturgical music of medieval Mass and Liturgy of the Hours, while its members perform symbolic actions far beyond the choreography of a typical concert situation.
Vox Nostra
Since its founding in 2001, the vocal ensemble VOX NOSTRA under the direction of Burkard Wehner has devoted practically and theoretically to the vocal music of the Middle Ages. The ensemble: Amy Green (Sopran), Susanne Wilsdorf (Sopran), Christoph Burmester (Alt/Tenor), Burkard Wehner (Tenor) and Tobias Hagge (Bass).
O. Festival for Opera. Music. Theatre.Rotterdam, Netherlands:
O. is an international festival for opera, music, and theatre that runs at various locations across Rotterdam. It aims to open up the art of opera and make it meaningful to the lives of a large and diverse audience.
Supported by: Operadagen Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands and ArtEZ Academie voor Art & Design, Enschede, Netherlands
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The Duitsland Instituut of the Universiteit van Amsterdam (DIA)
No Exit is de festivalopener van de Rotterdamse Operadagen.
Kunstenaar Shahram Entekhabi gebruikte eerder rood/wit afzetlint om delen in de openbare ruimte af te schermen, die hij vervolgens voor zichzelf gebruikte. Symbolisch voor het proces van in- en uitsluiting, zowel in de kunstsector als in een maatschappelijke context. Perfect aansluitend bij het thema van Operadagen Rotterdam 2013:
(r)evolutie – vrijheid. Operadagen Rotterdam kiest daarom deze voorstelling als aftrap van het festival. In de Laurenskerk zal Entekhabi voor het publiek een muur bouwen door lint te spannen tussen twee vaste punten. Een kortstondige barrière in de ruimte wordt gecreëerd, wat doet denken aan de Iconostase van de Orthodoxe Kerk, waarbij de 'allerheiligste' ruimte is afgescheiden van de 'gewone gelovigen'. De actie met het afzetlint gecombineerd met de zang van het in middeleeuwse muziek gespecialiseerde VOX NOSTRA zorgt voor een bijzondere ervaring.
شهرام انتخابی 尚莱姆_恩特卡比
Shahram Entekhabi is an German-Iranian- artist, curator & architect, currently living & working across Tehran, Iran - Berlin, Germany and Europe.
Since its founding in 2001, the vocal ensemble VOX NOSTRA under the direction of Burkard Wehner has devoted practically and theoretically to the vocal music of the Middle Ages. The ensemble: Amy Green (Sopran), Susanne Wilsdorf (Sopran), Christoph Burmester (Alt/Tenor), Burkard Wehner (Tenor) and Tobias Hagge (Bass).