25.04. - 15.06.
screening at Lindenstrasse 35 Berlin,
daily, 8 – 10 pm

KwieKulik
Open Form - Game on an Actress' Face, 1971, 2:29 min


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With the video Open Form, Kulik experienced a release from traditional art objects. "Game on an Actress’ Face is a perfect example of the processual, collective Visual Game in which each successive take shows a ‘move’ made by another artist. Every move required the next participant to relate to existing facts (their predecessor’s move), develop their own ‘statement’, and remember that their move creates a context for the next player’s move. The artists communicated (played) using both visual forms as well as various kinds of actions (Activities). The game’s experience involved the awareness that the other players’ ‘statements’ determine one’s actions, and that one’s own move influences the subsequent ones, for instance, by limiting or expanding their possible choices. That entailed learning the responsibility related to acting in the public sphere modeled after the inter-subjective communication sphere existing between the artists participating in the game. The players’ who gathered around the actress stayed out of shot. The scene featured Ewa Lemańska, who gained huge popularity in the early 1970s as Maryna, the fiancée of the main character of the TV series Janosik.