During each performance a different painter is invited to paint upon a sheet of glass. The painter’s models are the audience members and the performance itself. At the same time a computer produces a portrait based on the faces and names of the viewers and the actors. The elements of the performance are determined by coincidence. The painter defines the order of the elements (items). Each time it is different and no one knows what it will be beforehand. Only the first and the last actions are predetermined. During one hundred performances one hundred glass- and one hundred computer portraits will be made. Some will be exhibited at a later time and some will be used as elements of the installation in subsequent Artus performances.
Portrait C is the on-land version of the first part of a larger work. The first two parts will be presented in the studio of the Artus company. We hope to stage the next ones will, hopefully, be staged on the Artus barge. Moored on the Danube and floating on the water, the Artus barge is a sculpture and a theatre in which the viewers are seated and the performances take place. The whole barge, every inch and screw, waits for contemporary artists to build it on, to make it into a sculpture, and to create new performances, concerts and installations adapted to its form. The Artus barge is an organic work of art which is continuously developing, growing and changing.
Sponsors: CAOLA Rt., Soros Alapítvány, Goethe Institut, Nemzeti Kulturális Alap, Művelődési és Közoktatási Minisztérium, Fővárosi Önkormányzat, Műhely Alapítvány