Christian Falsnaes: A Good Reason Is One That Looks Like One

As part of »The City is the Star«
Thu, July 02, 2015 – Sat, September 05, 2015, Performance
»Everybody sings!« Whoever participates in a performance by Christian Falsnaes should be prepared to become intimately involved in the artistic event. The Danish video and performance artist uses the public much like an artisitic »material« to disclose social conventions and rituals. The situations created by the artist are designed to transgress behavioral norms, while at the same time offering a collective experience which is often a lot of fun for the participants.
Singing, dancing, kissing are just a few of the acts the artist requires of participants via microphone and loudspeakers or by way of an animator especially engaged for the purpose. In Karlsruhe, Falsnaes invites the city’s inhabitants to interrupt their errands and purchases in the shopping streets and arcades of the inner city, to overcome their inhibitions, and to follow his simple, but absurd instructions to act, since: A Good Reason Is One That Looks Like One.
Singing, dancing, kissing are just a few of the acts the artist requires of participants via microphone and loudspeakers or by way of an animator especially engaged for the purpose. In Karlsruhe, Falsnaes invites the city’s inhabitants to interrupt their errands and purchases in the shopping streets and arcades of the inner city, to overcome their inhibitions, and to follow his simple, but absurd instructions to act, since: A Good Reason Is One That Looks Like One.
Overview of the dates
02.–04.07.2015 | each 2 pm–6 pm |
06.–08.08.2015 | each 2 pm–6 pm |
03.–05.09.2015 | each 2 pm–6 pm |
- Organization / Institution
- ZKM | Karlsruhe, Stadtmarketing Karlsruhe und Karlsruher Schieneninfrasturktur-Gesellschaft
Accompanying program
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- Thu, August 27, 2015
- Chantal Michel: Hybride Zonen
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Performance
Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Wed, July 15, 2015
- Chantal Michel: Hybride Zonen
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Performance
Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Thu, July 02, 2015
- Christian Falsnaes: A Good Reason Is One That Looks Like One
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Performance
Postgalerie
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- Sun, June 21, 2015
- Wermke/Leinkauf: Safe in the City
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Hauptbahnhof Karlsruhe, Gleis 1
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- Sat, June 20, 2015
- Shinseungback Kimyonghun: Aposematic Jacket
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Performance
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- Fri, June 19, 20155.30 pm
- The City is the Star (Opening)
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Opening
Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Fri, June 19, 201511 am
- Leandro Erlich: Pulled by the Roots
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Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Hans Hollein: Car Building
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K. am Ettlinger Tor
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Johan Lorbeer: Tarzan/Standbein
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Performance
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Tim Otto Roth: Heaven’s Carousel
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Friedrichsplatz, Karlsruhe
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Erwin Wurm: Truck
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Marktplatz Karlsruhe
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- Fri, June 19, 2015
- Elmgreen & Dragset: It’s Never Too Late To Say Sorry
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Performance
Badisches Landesmuseum, Museum beim Markt