Kukovec, Barbara: The First Law B.K.

Kukovec, Barbara: The First Law B.K.

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Title The First Law B.K.
Type Video, Performance, Body-art / Live-art, Perseverance performance
Date 15 October 2011
Venue Stara mestna elektrarna
City of production Ljubljana, Slovenia
Production
Co-production City of Women
Format 720x576 pxl
Duration 33' 53"
URL Prvi zakon B.K.
Registration number VN-2011-GLED-4

Synopsis

 

Performance for four projectors, a bicycle and a performer. The First Law of B.K. (Barbara Kukovec) is derived directly from the first law of thermodynamics: “Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed from one state to another.” For the purpose of the performance, Barbara reduces her existence to that of a thermodynamic system where she transforms food energy (calories/joules) into luminous energy – the perceived energy of light (lumens). By pedalling the bicycle, Barbara propels the dynamo, which generates electricity for the lighting of the stage, as well as the brightness of the projections with the brightness sensor attached to the shaft of the pedal.

 

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Source: City of Women

Sodelujejo

Text by Bojan Jablanovec, Barbara Kukovec
Artistic direction Bojan Jablanovec
Performance Barbara Kukovec
Video Barbara Kukovec, Rob Canning (sinhronizacija)
Light design Borut Kumperščak
Technical editing Igor Remeta
Sound design Rob Canning
Production Špela Trošt

Artist, artistic group

Production

Co-production