Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani

Dynamis

HD video, colour, stereo, 22 min., 2014

In Dynamis, commissioned by the Center for Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Fischer & el Sani asked people whom they meet casually in the city of Thessaloniki to take part in a patience exercise, and in this way develop a collective cultural
performance.
The setup is simple: One of the countless marble surfaces in open space and some people who join in to try to balance a raw egg, so that it stands upright by itself.
Nevertheless the procedure is not so easy; sometimes it takes a few seconds and at other times it can last up to hours or even to total failure. A social balancing act,between standing up and collapsing. A constant rise and fall, figuratively speaking.
It takes a permanent concentration, patience and passion to stay on a task until you succeed. It is also a matter of practice and perfection, like a ritual that requires constant commitment.

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Dynamis
HD, colour, stereo, 22 min., 2014
(excerpt 1.56 min.)