Aleks Slota "Destinations Unknown" (2019)
Artist statement:
Aleks Slota is a conceptual artist working primarily in the mediums of performance and sound art.
Slota creates improvised and dynamic works that challenge audience engagement and the perceived safe space of the performance venue. He is often seeking an intimate connection with the public while at the same time playing with an uncomfortable and awkward atmosphere.
To facilitate openness and immediacy, his performances follow three rules: no rehearsing, no acting, and no entertainment.
Slota's projects address the themes of the public persona, systemic and interpersonal violence, and power structures both internalized and external. The work has been described as having a postmodern Gothic sensibility, emerging from the influence of the metal, punk, and noise music scenes.
Aleks Slota website
statement / about the work
About the work:
"This walking protocol is an exercise in leadership and cooperation, how needs are negotiated when communication is limited" (--Aleks Slota).
Aleks Slota's walking protocol is a proposed collective endeavor to find a path together. In this act lies a challenge in its dependence on the shifts of power dynamics.
In this piece it is not just about relating to the spatiality of the city it is also listening and relating and challenging the ones you co-walk with.
Interview with Aleks Slota, Month of Performance Art Berlin by Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen (2014)