06 February 2010

contemporary way of working

i wrote this in anger some weeks ago..it is to be edited.

coming out of private discussion i had in the last period as part of the work process i do not feel being confronted with such a " contemporary " way of working.
what does this term mean anyhow??
this " everything is possible, everything is allowed" , "
we do lots and quick projects" , lots of projects, everything loose
and no focus point...this is been done for a decade now..for me its out of
fashion by now!
its old school by now.
because it doenst go anywheer deep it stays superficial.it avoids any deeper confrontation with urself and therefore with others .
a little bit of everything but nothing really more.
this is where this world is driving to. empty contents that we produce and deconstruct withing short time.
topics that don´t touch us anymore. irony that stay irony but doesnt transform.
humor that prevents us from not being too uncomfortable..cause..we are so scared of being uncomfortable... that everything stays light and
quick adjustable.
creating situations that comfort us.
projects and projects and more projects..fast culture like fast food.like fast swallowing. i got stuck on that.


the point is that i cannot swallow anymore.
that i dont want to overflow my brain and mind with shows and shows and quick things, quick see..quick movies, quick ideas.
quick digest, quick forget.
to be sucked into this, so eventually my soul will become a you tube video on internet that people can stuff into themselfs and forget in 2 minutes.
this is not my world. and this is not my goal.
and yes, maybe i do evolve in different ways than probably others.
and it is not my goal to collaborate with everybody. what for?
there is so many people that collaborate and are able with everybody and i feel they are not producing necessarily anything relevant.
today this seems to be one big criteria what is aksed in the so called " contemporary dance field". can u make stuff with other people?
how quickly and how well can you adapt to the given sourrounding? how well can u adapt to the given framework ,
the institutions that offer projects and want people to fit in their frames of marketing and quick distributions.
new concepts and more concepts but no more real spirit.

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