JOHN COURT
Court is a durational performance artist. Time is one of the most important elements in his work. Often he performs for 8 hours, the length of a work day. Other times he performs throughout an entire event or during the opening hours of the specific venue (museum, institution), in which the event takes place.Lately he has been interested in letting the objects and materials that he uses in his performances determine the duration of his work. He does not consider his performances as solo pieces, since the element of collaboration is inherent in his engagement with curators, organizers, artists, viewers, objects, spaces and time.
Court’s works are responsive to the site and often the continuous, repetitive action creates a rhythm that runs parallel to that of the site. In all his works he is fundamentally concerned with drawing or writing, as drawing connects line, movement, space and time.
He has exhibited extensively in Scandinavia, and has been invited to perform at major events such as UP-ON Live Art festival, Chengdu, China; SIGNAL Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2017; Beijing Live, China, 2016; Viva! Art Action festival, Montreal, Canada, 2015; 7a*11d in Toronto, Canada; DigitaLive in Guangzhou, China, 2014; SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK, 2012; Guangzhou Live Art Festival, China, 2010; ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Finland, 2010; the Venice Biennale, 2005; and the Liverpool Biennial, 2004.
ジョン・コート
1969年英国生まれ。1993年カンバーウェル芸術大学デザイン学院にてファンデーションコース修了後、1997年ノーリッチ芸術学校デザイン学院BA取得。1997年にフィンランドの北部(ラップランド)へ移住。
ジョン・コートは、1999年、1日8時間の勤務時間の倫理に基づいて一連のパフォーマンスを開始。彼にとってパフォーマンスとは、自身の学習経験の混乱を表現するために身体を動かすことである。
彼の作品は、英国、スカンジナビア、ベルリンで展示されており、ヴェネチア・ビエンナーレ(2005)やリバプール・ビエンナーレ(2004)を含む、幾つかの権威あるヨーロッパの祭典にてフィーチャーされた。