everything that happens by julie tremblay in collaboration with nana francisca schottländen
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everything that happens is a performance piece by canadian artist julie tremblay
(living and working in copenhagen) in collaboration with nana francisca schottländen.
presented yesterday in rådhuspladsen, the town hall square in copenhagen, denmark,
designboom caught a glimpse of the performance which blended dance theatre, sculpture
and happening. everything that happens took place for 1.5 hours during the busiest time
of the week in the square.

16 performers were involved, interacting with sculptures made of umbrellas - each sculpture
made from 5 umbrellas, sewn together into a kind of sphere creating a 'super-umbrella'.
each one of the performers had their own 'sphere' and performed with simple movements,
creating different geometric formations which sometimes saw them disappear under the umbrellas.
the performance was based on definite patterns which drew on theories of fractal geometry,
performers moving towards and away from each other.


each performer had their own 'umbrella-sphere'
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dancing in and out of the umbrella-spheres
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a mix of sculpture, performance and happening
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the umbrellas slightly collapsed
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performing from inside an umbrella-sphere
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a performer disappearing inside an umbrella-sphere
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sitting dormant in copenhagen's town hall square, rådhuspladsen
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16 performers, each with an umbrella pod interacted with eachother for 1.5 hours during the busiest time in the square
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when the umbrella spheres weren't grouped together, they got hidden amongst the hustle and bustle of the square
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artist julie tremblay
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