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Collaborative Silverware

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Welded silverware, installation & performance, 2009-2010. Collaborative Silverware is an installation and performance piece for 2 performer, 1 table, 2 plates, elongated silverware and food. The 36 inch-spoons, forks and knives will prove themselves to be too long to feed oneself individually; the two performers will have to feed each other. Conceived and directed by Richard Jochum; performed by Jessica Sugerman and William Penrose.

Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv)

Atlas Goes Superman

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by Richard Jochum, video performance, Athens 2009.

Atlas is the Greek God and Titan who led the rebellion against Zeus for which he was condemned to bear the heavens upon his shoulders. The story has it that he became the personification of endurance. The short video picks up on the ancient legend and continues a series of trials, tribulations, and enactments by the Austrian sculptor and media artist Richard Jochum.
Atlas goes Superman takes the theme one step further and melts the American superhero motif Superman with ancient Greek mythology, home of many potent ueberheros and crafty Gods. Where Atlas had to be turned on his head, Superman does it with a simple rotation: pushing the planet while flying midair.

Atlas (3 Frames)

Mama

2008, Sound with motion sensor and video installation, 1 min 35, DVD. Movie-Link

Mama is a video and sound installation in which a man cries out for his mother. The video reverberates the visceral relationship between a mother and her son, a relationship that goes beyond the eloquence of verbal language. The video is looped, the sound however is connected to a motion sensor, thus only audible when visitors are walking by.

Halt2

2007, Videoperformance and photographic images. 2001-2007. DVD and digital print 18 x 24 inches. Movie-Link

Artist saws himself off the branch he sits on. He falls and lands on the same bough. Photographic image and video performance series. Sounds: birds twittering, sawing noises, and branch cracking.

Twenty Angry Dogs - Installation

Twenty Angry Dogs is a video and sound installation presenting 10 select videos with people barking. Each video depicts a single person barking, intentionally angry or anxious. The selection comprises a diversity of people in regard of their gender, age, race, and profession. The installation will be put up as a circle of monitors in order for the viewers to walk into and through. Each video screen is equipped with proper loud speakers. The sound as well as the videos will be put on a loop.