When We Were Kings

2004 | performance

Ethno freak show - a human juke box performance.

WWWK was made specifically for the kunstvlaai event, which manifests itself as an alternative art-fair with aspirations of becoming the Amsterdam biannual.
On the westerpark's grounds, in the admission -free area, we placed our on fair stand. We stood inside our tent, dressed identically in a blue lycra suit, and with a half falafel ball placed on a bald spot above our foreheads. In front of our tent there was a structure- a cycling mechanism, inviting the visitors to pick a song out of a given menu, and to pedal in order to hear the song he chose. The peddling would turn on the little lamps above our heads and as long the lights are on we sing the selected song. The peddling task is not an easy one, and certain persistence and considerable effort are required to complete a whole song. A peddler /viewer who has managed to keep us going through the whole song received a napkin with the print: "Thank you for sweating it out"

Ethno freak show - a human juke box performance.

WWWK was made specifically for the kunstvlaai event, which manifests itself as an alternative art-fair with aspirations of becoming the Amsterdam biannual.
On the westerpark's grounds, in the admission -free area, we placed our on fair stand. We stood inside our tent, dressed identically in a blue lycra suit, and with a half falafel ball placed on a bald spot above our foreheads. In front of our tent there was a structure- a cycling mechanism, inviting the visitors to pick a song out of a given menu, and to pedal in order to hear the song he chose. The peddling would turn on the little lamps above our heads and as long the lights are on we sing the selected song. The peddling task is not an easy one, and certain persistence and considerable effort are required to complete a whole song. A peddler /viewer who has managed to keep us going through the whole song received a napkin with the print: "Thank you for sweating it out"

An excerpt from the documentation of the performance (1'29)

An excerpt from the documentation of the performance (1'29)