Installation: “Your-Self-Research” by Simon B. Haefele
Starting point of research on “The Effect of Art on Disputed Boundaries” in Estonia.
Presented on the Festival “Seahank” (Pigskin) in Haapsalu, Estonia.
Materials: 1 DV-Camera, 1 Flat-Screen, DV-Tapes; Copyright 2009 Simon Häfele
The installation “Your-Self-Research” was an integral part of the International Performance Art Festival “Seahank” of the curators and Toomik Jaan Eerik Alalooga in Haapsalu, Estonia. On 31st of July 2009 Simon B. Häfele installed the “closed-circuit-installation” at the entrance of a former cabarets from the Soviet era, the major venue of the festival. The interactive work provided the opportunity to ask and answer the basic question “HOW DO YOU USE ART?”. The artist invited the visitors (approx. 350) to place themselves in front of the running camera and thus in the monitor to effect an inner dialogue. Questions and answers were recorded during the entire presentation.