Teleli(f/v)e

Test Extra: Teleli(f/v)e was a conceptual performance event held on 31st January 2014. I conceived and programmed the event, which was produced by “Het Nutshuis” in The Hague.

The central concept explored the idea of a new lifestyle in an age where screens constantly surround us.

The venue itself—a former bank building and historic monument in The Hague—spans two levels above ground and includes an underground level where the bank’s safes were once housed. I made use of this unique architecture by placing performers in different rooms across all levels, with a video installation on the ground floor.

The experience began the moment visitors entered the building. Upon arrival, they were greeted by four live camera feeds, each streaming from a different room where continuous performances took place throughout the evening. However, the cameras were deliberately angled to obscure parts of each performance—elements that would only be revealed once visitors entered the rooms themselves.

Performers: Trickster (group), Ronald Schelfhout, Gaby Felten and Ji Young Kang.

Here is a great text by Emily Whitebread on how she witnessed the event without being informed beforehand.

Very nice photographs by Stephan Kaffa: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephanck/sets/72157642289440925/