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Sarah Vaughan (centre) with fans and friends at the Standish Hall Hotel, Hull, Québec /
Creator(s): Michael Berens
Date(s): circa / vers 1950
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Sarah Vaughan (centre) with fans and friends at the Standish Hall Hotel, Hull, Québec /
Creator(s): Michael Berens
Date(s): circa / vers 1950
Duke Ellington at the Standish Hall Hotel, Hull, Québec
photo: Michael Berens
Date(s) : circa / vers 1950
Duke in Canada
Michael Berens’ Hammocanopy Project
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Berens’ work stems largely from wordplay, humor, and causality.
In his Hammocanopies, an individual’s form becomes part of a larger body.
They lay in a hammock and their form is cast, then reproduced.
Though the participants help to create the forms, their role in the process is literally inactive, as they rest and sleep in its duration.
These works highlight the crucial role that inactivity plays in the creation of all things.
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Michael’s Work
Pictured: Process image from The Hammocanopy Project (2010)