wait, dream, sleep2026
With her performance ‘wait, dream, sleep’, Daniela Georgieva responded directly to Martin Pfeifle's work ‘DUSK’, which dominates the entrance area of the Kunsthalle Barmen. The artist used the exterior space of the Kunsthalle as a stage to develop a subtle, body-based exploration of the architecture there.
In her site-specific intervention, Georgieva addressed the monumentality, austerity and aloofness of the building. Through conscious and repeated walking around, a central element of her artistic practice, she created a slow, meditative loop of movement. This allowed the massive structure to enter a dialogical resonance space in which proximity and distance, observation and presence, inside and outside are renegotiated.
Georgieva's performance thus opened up an unusual approach to the architecture of the Kunsthalle: she transformed the space in front of the entrance into a place of waiting, dreaming and pausing, where the boundaries between performative gesture and sculptural environment shift. The intervention thus not only entered into a poetic exchange with Pfeifle's ‘DUSK,’ but also made visible the otherwise overlooked qualities of the place.
Supported by the LVR Department of Culture
In her site-specific intervention, Georgieva addressed the monumentality, austerity and aloofness of the building. Through conscious and repeated walking around, a central element of her artistic practice, she created a slow, meditative loop of movement. This allowed the massive structure to enter a dialogical resonance space in which proximity and distance, observation and presence, inside and outside are renegotiated.
Georgieva's performance thus opened up an unusual approach to the architecture of the Kunsthalle: she transformed the space in front of the entrance into a place of waiting, dreaming and pausing, where the boundaries between performative gesture and sculptural environment shift. The intervention thus not only entered into a poetic exchange with Pfeifle's ‘DUSK,’ but also made visible the otherwise overlooked qualities of the place.
Supported by the LVR Department of Culture
Concept and Choreography
Daniela Georgieva
Choreography and Performance
Daniela Georgieva
Sound
Klinkhammer
Photography
Ben Joy
Curator
Christoph Westermeier
Location
Kunsthalle Barmen Wuppertal
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︎︎︎kunsthallebarmen.de
Daniela Georgieva
Choreography and Performance
Daniela Georgieva
Sound
Klinkhammer
Photography
Ben Joy
Curator
Christoph Westermeier
Location
Kunsthalle Barmen Wuppertal
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︎︎︎kunsthallebarmen.de