JOHANNES C. GÉRARD

The German-Dutch installation and performance artist Johannes C. Gérard shows land art and a performance. In his interventions that are close to nature, Gérard uses materials such as stone, wood and ropes, mostly in natural colors. He plays with the appearance of the used materials and, on the other hand, with the context of found and formed materials, e. g. stones from a Lüben building yard. On a deeper philosophical level of interpretation, Gérard incorporates a material symbolism inspired by Buddhism into his work. Weathering processes are also part of the temporary intervention in the natural environment.

In the performance “The plant” the artist acts himself in a fixed setting with table, chair, potted plant, glass of water. Following a strict choreography, Gérard visualizes the DIGNITY of time, silence and loneliness in carefully executed movements.