STUART BRISLEY, 24 Hours, 1978, Vienna Performance Festival, Collection: Henry Moore Foundation/Leeds Art Gallery
STUART BRISLEY, 24 Hours, 1978, Vienna, Collection: Henry Moore Foundation/Leeds Art Gallery
STUART BRISLEY, 24 Hours, 1978, Vienna, Henry Moore Foundation/Leeds Art Gallery
STUART BRISLEY, 24 Hours, 1978, Vienna, Henry Moore Foundation/Leeds Art Gallery

 

The action took place as part of the Vienna Performance Festival in 1978.

I made 13 actions each lasting one hour  i.e hours 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23. It took place in the evening and through the night. The space was open during the 24 hours. In the intermediate hours 2, 4, 6, etc the space was open for viewing. A path was used dissecting the space to the wall opposite. Black and white pigment was laid out in two piles at the centre of the room and a taut black cord dissected the floor space. Traces of the actions were left by the pigment along the path and against the wall. There was a slow accretion of marks left in this way and on the clothing of the figure.  The actions were energetic, changing their nature as fatigue and loss of energy took hold. Some actions were repeated in each of the hours, others came and went affording continuity and variety to the work.

 

Stuart Brisley April 2011