Donghee NamDE

Performances for Depression

Leporello — Künstlerinnenbuch mit 52 Performance-Anweisungen · 2019

A small closed booklet with a pale cover on a dark table; blue label tape across it reads PERFORMANCES FOR DEPRESSION and, lower right, DONGHEE NAM; a blue elastic band runs over the middle.

Photo: Donghee Nam

100 Leporellos,

je 60 Seiten, 13 × 8 × 1,5 cm

Home-based performances for those in a depression phase,

For solo, in some cases for more people

And for depression itself.

A second cover of the same booklet: the letters of the title are scattered in blue over the pale cover, and a blue elastic band with a metal eyelet runs over the middle.

Photo: Donghee Nam

The booklet pulled open like an accordion against a black background: typed index cards headed candle, karaoke and dance, and at the front a photograph of a body wrapped in a translucent cloth.

Photo: Donghee Nam

  • A typed index card headed ":: window - sky": "Clean just a small part of one window (about a size of your palm). Look at the sky through the cleaned part."
  • A typed index card headed ":: dress code": "After awakening, take a shower. Wear your most fancy and dressy clothes. Spend all the day in the clothes."
  • A typed index card headed ":: after awakening": "Stretch your body and yawn loud, activate your voice with any tones. Observe how the sounds come out and disappear in the air."
  • A typed index card headed ":: washing machine": "Bring your laundry to a washing machine. Let the machine work. Sit in front of it. Observe the process attentively."

Photo: Donghee Nam

Year
2019
Medium
Leporello — Künstlerinnenbuch mit 52 Performance-Anweisungen
Dimensions
geschlossen ca. 13,8 × 8,8 × 1,8 cm
Venue
Frankfurt am Main