2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

The Performance-Project is madepossible by thegenerous support ofSupported byIn collaboration withPerformance-ProjectRoldenfundCurated byFabian SchöneichThis year, LISTE’s Performance Project featuresartists that have a particular interest in sound withrelation to the visual. Collaborating with AudioVisual Arts in New York, a program was developedfocusing on a range of artists who considerthe activity of listening, sonic shape, composition,distribution, technique and vocal delivery inpeculiar ways.From Monday, June 10 on,from 1 p.m.Saâdane Afif, 1970, FRlives and works in Berlin, DEMount Moon: The Basel Tour, 2013LISTE courtyard and the CityAs part of the performance program, Saâdane Afifinvited NYC-based busker Mount Moon to performsongs throughout the city of Basel. Those songshave been written over the past years, under theartist’s guidelines by collaborators, fellow artists,and friends in relation to some of his works.A poster – both an announcement and a statementabout the performance- will be presented at LISTE.Tuesday, June 11,3.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m.Zin Taylor, 1978, CAlives and works in Brussels, BEThe Story of Stripes and Dots (chapter 4), 2013LISTE courtyardThe work of Zin Taylor deals with a diverse rangeof media and material, treating them all with careand precision. Taylor is a narrator, a storytellerthat is able to initiate conversations and exchangesbetween and with objects of any kind. For hiscontribution to the performance program, Taylorcreates a sound file activating the courtyardof the Warteck, the center of LISTE.Wednesday, June 12,4 p.m.Adam Linder, 1983, AUlives and works in Berlin, DECult to the What, 2013Volkshaus, UnionsaalAdam Linder is a trained dancer andchoreographer who merges the productivestrategies of rap music with the discourses ofWestern theatre. Linder’s performancesare full-body. He acts as a proxy for historicaltraces, reproductions from popular imageryand inanimate associations.42 / 43