Action Art

Action Art in the Public Space.

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Untitled (while following the movement of a cloud)

Montpellier, France

photos Max Wyse

©Martine Viale 2022

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Small ball of grass made and placed in a passing area.

©Martine Viale 2022

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Same but different-Equinox to Equinox

photo Max Wyse

©Martine Viale 2022

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Variables-Thread

Helsinki Airport, Finland

©Martine Viale 2022

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Variables-Thread

ongoing durational action

Anonymously, I unroll, in several selected cities, white thread through the crowds. The thread gradually weaves itself around people and things, creating, in a way and as I go along, a certain collective web. The action concludes once the thread is completely unwound.

photo Max Wyse

©Martine Viale 2022

Figueres-Catalonia-Spain 

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A-Conversation with Maya (part 1)

Frontière/Border France-Catalogne-Espagne, June 29th 2022

photo Max Wyse

©Martine Viale 2022

Departure Point/Point de départ de l'action:

"N'oubliez jamais qu'il suffira d'une crise politique, économique ou religieuse pour que les droits des femmes soient remis en question. Ces droits ne sont jamais acquis. Vous devrez rester vigilantes votre vie durant". Simone de Beauvoir

Action: Discussing the relevance of this quote from Simone de Beauvoir, we climbed the cliff path between Cerbère and Portbou, supporting each other and helping each other in our climb.

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The railway bridge over la Têt, 2022

Video Still

©Martine Viale 2022

CUERPO (Rur) URBANO EN ACCIÓN

(Rur) URBAN BODY IN ACTION

III Edition International Festival of Minimal Urban (and Rural) Performances in Video

https://urbanbodyinaction.wixsite.com/rururban

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Ongoing Correspondences with Michelle

photo Max Wyse

©Martine Viale and Michelle Lacombe

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Two years plant conversation with Maria.

More coming soon!

©Martine Viale and Maria Kefirova 2020-2022

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La Têt

A text by Frans Van Lent

We stand motionless facing each other on both sides of the rivers, at the boundary of the water. Our spread arms confirm the direction from which the water comes and to which side it flows. 

After a while we step into the river and move downstream with the water. The pebbles on the bottom make our balance shaky and uncertain. We spread our arms again, but now to keep ourselves balanced. 

After a few meters, our paths cross and we climb onto the bank on the other side. We turn toward each other and stand motionless and in silence for some time, arms alongside. 

At La Têt river in Perpignan, June 18th 2022

The action was live streamed on the Out of Site Chicago platform during

Flow, embody in site: https://www.flowsymposium.org/

documentation Max Wyse

©Martine Viale and Frans Van Lent

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A-Conversation

with Max Wyse

while walking

©Martine Viale 2022

The A-Conversations are spontaneous action encounters with fellow artists, friends and/or family and consist in establishing a certain cohabitation between different lines of action. Maintaining an experimental format, we draw inspiration from the chosen site to address common concerns without using verbal language. 

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Hanging at the border

photo Max Wyse

©Martine Viale 2022

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Next to the rivers

art residency

Bòlit Centre d’Art Contemporani, Girona

©Martine Viale 2021

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Cartography of an action

Title: Cartography of an action-Vancant Lot

Place: Perpignan, France

for the exhibition: N’importe qui peut faire n’importe quoi

organized by IJNDZN-HyGièNe DeS éDeNs

©Martine Viale 2021

In a vacant lot, the shape of the corner of a wall has been reproduced, on June 6, 2021 between 11:10 and 11:40, an action will take place at the following coordinates: 42 42'50. 6 "N 2 54'12.2 "E

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Next to the rivers

art residency 

Bòlit Centre d’Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain

©Martine Viale 2021

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On Stillness

©Martine Viale 2021