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It's been almost two years ago that I performed Unsacking (my first performance in India, during my first visit to India). It was on December 11, 2022, at the Sabji Mandi (vegetable market) at District 26, Chandigarh. I was intrigued by the materiality of the jute sack that, as a child growing up on a farm, I had played with a lot. For the performance, I took one jute sack and unraveled it with my bare hands until the sack was transformed into a pile of rope. It took me six and an half hour to have the whole sack transformed. During my action I remained in one spot and experienced the dynamics of the public space, its sounds and traffic passing by, and the neighbors their activities.

Thank you B Ajay Sharma and in_process (Live Art Practice) community for facilitating and supporting my art. Thank you Keshav Soni, Priya Uphadhyay, and B Ajay Sharma for documenting my performance. Nandu De-Kl thank you for making my first visit to India possible.

Here long video edit for you to get a feeling of the space.

Unsacking (2022) Performance by ieke Trinks on December 11th, 2022, at the Sabji Mandi Market, Sector 26, Chandigarh, India. Organized and supported by in_process Live Art Pr...

On June 15th, 2024, PAE was in WOLk, Rotterdam NL, with performances by sieger baljon, WeiZen Ho, Toine Klaassen, and Nina Boas.

Performance 'Sunflower Shower' by Toine Klaassen.

"In addition to the beautiful exhibition by Toine Klaassen in the space, he also gives a performance. He appears to be a master in constructing soundscapes. First he walks around with two pan lids that he slides against each other. He composes with small metal bowls that he hits with the chains of bath plugs. In this way he also makes subtle sounds for the performance of others, especially for WeiZen Ho. His performance is poetic and ingenious, especially when he later ''showers'' under a large faded sunflower that releases its seeds when shaken. These seeds fall onto the singing bowls and create a surprising tingling symphony." (Martine van Ditzhuyzen)

Photos by Vliertje Klaassen.

On June 15th, 2024, PAE was in WOLk, Rotterdam NL, with performances by sieger baljon, WeiZen Ho, Toine Klaassen, and Nina Boas.

Performance 'The Almanac, The Husk (Cover me in Time)' by WeiZen Ho.

"When I enter, WeiZen Ho is already busy with her performance. Crawling and agonizingly slowly, she moves with a thin plank of wood on her back, on which she sits. She invites us to dip sheets of paper with sticks in the water and then place them on her uncovered body. After a while, she will be completely covered with paper like a mummy. With full attention, I perform actions. The sticks remind me of food. For me, it is something between taking in food and distributing food. A ritualistic meal. Moreover, because the paper is soaked in cold water, I see her body shiver. It is also remarkable that the sheets of paper are part of a Chinese calendar. Each sheet has a day number. So we also cover her with time. Later, she performs a dance while singing that is reminiscent of a mixture of Butoh and stylized Asian dance. The paper on her body that comes loose during the dance resembles the shedding of a snake. I wonder if she doesn’t want to be touched, and uses the sticks to keep people’s touch at bay? Or does she choose the sticks because of the attention and care it takes to not drop the paper? Time, new skin, food, shedding, shivers. I can’t quite cognitively reconcile it, but that doesn’t matter. It fills me with a sensitive and delicate sensory feeling. And which may be the point of performance art." (Martine van Ditzhuyzen)

Photos by Vliertje Klaassen & Joseph Ravens.

INTERCITY documentation of the fourth performance in this outdoor public live art series, titled HAIR PLAY by Contemporary Glory (Charlien Adriaenssens & Louis van der Waal) & Sarah Beth Woods. This performance took place on the 30st of September, 2023, simultaneously in Chicago (Horner Park) and Rotterdam (NIFFO Gallery/Recycle Studio). Extensions, actions, sounds and spontaneous sculptures were created while audience were invited to participate. Sarah Beth brought her amazing hair sculptures, and big hands with classic red nail polish, and a whole troupe of musician and movers (Kasey Hayes, Jeremy Botts, Jacob Boglio, Kaye Lee Patton, Margaret Buchen). Charlien being dressed in a giant hair costume being combed by Jip van het Hek, while Charlien interviewed Nataly Wood on her hair dressers experiences. Louis writing prompts, and prompts being exchanged between Rotterdam and Chicago, to be performed on both sides.

Co-curated by Carron Little (Out of Site Chicago) and ieke Trinks (PAE). Co-produced with WORM Rotterdam, Experimental Sound Studio Chicago, and Chicago Park District. This artwork is made possible with the support of Prins Bernhard CultuurFonds Zuid-Holland, Mondriaan Fonds, WORM, Chicago Park District, and Experimental Sound Studio. Images by Jamie Gannon and Savic Sharp.