2006, ORGANIC LIFE, EPAF, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

BERGAMOT GROUP

ORGANIC LIFE

Action, delegated performance
2006
European Performance Art Festival,
CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland

7 min

After the performance of several very important and well-known performers and the announcement of the Bergamot group’s performance „Organic Life,” to the accompaniment of circus music, Binczycka and Wozniak (a juggling duo hired by
Bergamot) appeared in the hall in circus costumes and makeup and presented several juggling etudes with machetes.
In this action, there was a swap not only of the performers’ bodies, but also of the contexts with which institutions such as the Center for Contemporary Art and the Circus are burdened: the manifestation of high and elite performance art expected
by the organizers and the audience was replaced by an entertaining folk circus number.