FRICTION International Performance Art Festival (Friktioner Internationell performancekonstfestival)
Andre Stitt in action! "Post-Guitai-Cluster Fuck" The 5th World Ceramics Biennale, Korea 2009th Photo: Seung Wan Kim; and Buba Čvorić och Marina Tomić, Dream destination, 2006.
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| Country and Region | Sweden — Uppsala |
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| Type of Festival | Dance |
| Location of Festival | Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden |
| Festival Contact Information | Uppsala Konstmuseum |
| Festival Description | FRICTION International Performance Art Festival takes place in public spaces in Uppsala city at Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall, Konsthuset, Uppsala Artist Club — Åhuset. The host organizations, Uppsala konstmuseum and SU-EN Butoh Company/Mon no Kai produce the festival every two years since 2006. The programing includes cutting edge performance art of unique encounters and creations by international artists. |
| Festival Dates | May 31 - June 3, 2012 |
| Festival Links |
Festival Events:
Invited artists 2012:
- Guest of honor: André Stitt, (UK/Northern Ireland)
- Tobias Bernstrup, (Sweden)
- Gustaf Broms, (Sweden)
- Anna-Karin Brus & Tomas Bodén, (Sweden)
- Children of Guts: SU-EN & Hans T Sternudd, (Sweden)
- Shannon Cochrane, (Canada)
- Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, (Denmark/Philippines)
- Chana Dubinski, (UK)
- Imre Dénes, (Hungary)
- Monika Günther & Ruedi Schill, (Switzerland)
- Peter Johansson and Barbro Westling, (Sweden)
- Konsthuset / Åsa Cederqvist, (Sweden)
- István Kovács, (Hungary)
- Ko Siu Lan, (China)
- Agnes Nedregard, (Norway)
- Clemente Padin, (Uruguay)
- Barthélémy Toguo, (France/Cameroon)
- Johanna Tuukkanen, (Finland)
- Elisabet Yanagisawa Avén, (Sweden)
Programming 2012:
- Opening
- Thursday, May 31 with the event Water War of Children of Guts and about 20 participants and the Linné Quintet.
Location: Celsius Square at 12:00 noon - Opening Performance: André Stitt, guest of honour
Location: The Courtyard, Uppsala Castle/Uppsala Art Museum at 6:00pm (18.00)
- Thursday, May 31 with the event Water War of Children of Guts and about 20 participants and the Linné Quintet.
- The full program is available at the following link:
http://friktionerfriction.wordpress.com/program-2012/
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