Bila-Günther, Gaby: Ambitions of a Young Woman [10 Oct 2007]

Bila-Günther, Gaby: Ambitions of a Young Woman [10 Oct 2007]

Title Ambitions of a Young Woman [10 Oct 2007]
Subtitle Public literary performance
Type Contemporary art practice, Performance, Public art, Participatory performance, Public intervention
Date 10 October 2007
Venue Ljubljanski potniški promet
City of production Ljubljana, Slovenia
Production City of Women
Language English
Format 720x576 pxl
Duration 32' 47"
URL Mesto žensk
Registration number CoW-2007--144
Number of works in a group 2

Synopsis

 

Lady Gaby has prepared a public literary per formance entitled Ambitions of a Young Woman especially for the City of Women. Her poetr y deals with ever yday life and encompasses ins tructions on how to improve oneself and prolong youth, some ironic twists in beauty trends, as well as fears surrounding a lover getting away with a younger woman. It also reflects the aesthetics of urban banality, in particular disappointment at the contemporary decline of the urban. A co-founder of the Flush art group, Lady Gaby focuses on art in non-artistic places: indeed her speciality is conquering public spaces - such as laundries, beauty salons, trams, phone booths and elevators - with poe try. In this public per formance, she will develop one of her literar y characters in collabor ation with the audience. This persona might be an »über frau« with a mobile phone and a suitcase, a poetess bathing in the sun, or a sex bomb with silicone implants.

 

Source: City of Women

Artist, artistic group

Group of artworks

Bila-Günther Gaby, Ambitions of a Young Woman [13 Oct 2007], Ljubljana, 10 October 2007, 11' 49"

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