Falling Exercise, 2016

Falling Exercise, 2016
Isaac Chong Wai
Performance at Faith and Terror – Performance Art Festival curated by Bernhard Draz, Anne Hoelck, Tristan Duschamps in Berlin
HD loop: 3:06 min and Photo Edition
Photo: Viktoria Nowicky
Performers: 
Naomi Bazini, Stefanie Beyer, Adam Bratko, Isaac Chong Wai, Charlotte Draycott,Julia Falero Morente, Janna Gockel, Felix Haas, Anne Hoelck, Samuel Jung, Ophélie Le Hiress, Rositsa Mahdi, India Roper-Evans, Han Tang, Heiko-Thandeka Ncube, Nikita Volkov, Ada Kai-Ting Yang, Xiaopeng Zhou 

The performers begin by falling on the ground all at the same time, piling onto each other. Then, the performer lying below other bodies vacates one by one, while others remain without altering their positions or postures. By dragging out the process of falling and standing up, Isaac Chong Wai demonstrates the strenuousness and powerlessness of individual bodies against collective change.