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Joanna Hoffman

Installation & Performance - BreadMatters II, Lisboa, Portugal

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Life-Motif

Heartbeat and its notation, these are motives that are intimate yet anonymous, they accompany and testify our existence. This basic, inner expression became a theme in my work presented at the exhibition. It serves as a metaphor of our common experience, our affliction and interdependence.

The work consists of a video piece and special books - music scores. Their content is based on a record of one heart - beat scanned into a stave. The light sensitiveness of used materials makes the notion changing, disappearing, while particles of sweat on readers / performers' fingerprints leave permanent traces on photographic emulsion.

"Everything that we do is music" - these words by John Cage are not only a poetical statement; they speak about the world we share and belong to.


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Joanna Hoffman collaborated on a Performance work, in vocal, dance and improvised music, for the Forum with Vania Gala and Dave Lawrence, click this link for     "SOUNDS IN BREAD"     use back button to return.

© Joanna Hoffman, August 2003

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