The Consequences p1. are the first public answer to the question, "what happens when a performer leaves?". In the work, the author explores the presence and absence of the performer in space and time through the coexistence of her own body and textiles. “After the performance is over, traces remain. A trail of sweat on the floor, a trail of plaster I danced with, blood behind the thumb nail. And then? Consequences, tangible and intangible. ” Consequences p1. is a transdisciplinary project that, through the treatment of space and time and presence and absence, forms a link between performative and visual art.
The author focuses on the multidisciplinary connectivity of one’s own body with the textile medium, on the relationship between the living and the non-living. What can be said about their coexistence? The textile objects created in the process remain after her departure, their materiality does not change after her departure, but they record the author’s existence before the time of her departure. Time before a certain start. There are traces that remain. Consequences p1. want to achieve the transformation of performative art, which is characterized by transience and uniqueness, and thus move it into the field of visual art, which allows living in space and time. But where is the boundary between them drawn? Artwork tries to answer all this questions.
Urška Medved is a young multidisciplinary artist who began her artistic career at the Qulenium cultural association. With her solo and group works, she has presented himself on domestic and foreign soil. She completed her undergraduate studies in Textile and Clothing Design at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at University of Ljubljana. During her studies, she went on a study exchange where she began to explore the connectivity of performance and textile art. In recent years, she has implemented three major projects in this field, Home Sweet Home (2018, Sweden), Leteči Horizonti (2019, Slovenia, India) and Sledi (2020, Slovenia). She is currently working and creating at KUD Qulenium Ljubljana.
Photography: Maša Pirc / BIEN 2021
