no more sheepless nights
Brussels, Belgium 2007
green grass and human sleeping without head

The video below shows three looped images filmed during Vacirca's Nomadic Structures residency.

Addressing solitude and time:

Frame 1 shows the artists walking alone against cars on an autobahn to his arrest.

Frame 2 shows the artist asleep in a sheep field after realising he could not enter the soul of a sheep and vice versa, there is however, a surprise visitation toward the end of the loop.

Frame 3 shows a bug in circuit, the bug had lost a leg and was walking in a circle forever by the side of a Belgian road.

The video was projected onto 42 bails of hay that were relocated from the sheep farm to Brussels, as part of Dario Vacirca's No More Sheepless Nights performance installation for one person at a time in the boulangerie at Le Bains::Connective.

 

Dario would like to acknowledge the artistic and technical support of Mattathias Dravich and Christina Clar.
 
The Nomadic Structures residency was held at Le Bains::Connective for the months of October-November 2007. Vacirca was supported in this residency through the Aphids residency and mentorship scheme, funded by the Myer Foundation. Many thanks go to: David Young and Rosemary Joy at Aphids, Luea Ritter and the team at Le Bains and the following artists who all undertook the residency in Brussels: Petter Alexander Goldstine, Christina Clar, Bettina Wind, Claudia Conduto and Nataska Roublov.
A second video document will be uploaded here soon that outlines the intention and process behind Vacirca's project.
 
reflection by aphids' artistic associate Rosemary Joy about her Brussels trip including description of Vacirca's work at B::C (written in german)

 
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