Apparatus 22
Morpheus Buyback
Event / Action / Happening / Party / Walk / Intervention, Public space / Premiere
Dates
24.–25.9.2011
Location
Mariahilferstraße
Graz
Part of
festivaldistrikt
Production specifics
UA
Auftragswerk steirischer herbst
Mit Unterstützung durch das Rumänische Kulturinstitut Wien
In Erinnerung an Ioana Nemes (1979-2011)
The nightmare sits heavily on the chest, sleep becomes torment. The Romanian artist group Apparatus 22 opens the district shop for plagued dreamers until late into the night: in a strict exchange ritual, the customers hand over their nightmares and receive an amulet as a positive, hand-made voodoo charm in return. An other-worldly shopping ceremony which promises tangible help through a short-circuit in the usual flow of money in the market economy by utilising the knowledge of ancient Romanian rituals as a cry of help to other worlds.
“Morpheus Buyback” is a journey to the collective unconscious of the citizens of Graz, a confrontation with the private, uncharted wilderness. Come by day or by night, when fear has robbed you of sleep.
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Apparatus 22
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Maria Farcas
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Dragos Olea
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Erika Olea
Mediathek
Retrospective
Retrospective