intro/ l honneur de timur

relating clothing to circumstances / creating history / sharing its process / travel to be

shared through events, multidisciplinary in their ways

directed alterations of textiles through natural surroundings

an attempt to combine interests

l honneur de timur

transformations of cloth initiated through landscape and somatic procedures present themselves as metaphors:

the power of oneself from thought to hand- from the imaginary to the grabbable.

a concept that involves reality within the possible. a naturalistic take on project base.

in detail:performative action upon rough silk results in traces to witness later in time, in signs that rest as if to prove its story :

change in texture, colour, shape and condition due to long durational physical engage-ment with natural surroundings

bourette de soie, the roughest of all silks, is the means that is incorporated in given landscapes. the interplay is a procedure consisting of the combination of performative activity and contact with natural environment, resulting directly into creations whose history is traceable.

the idea is to give ground for communal activity and to initiate transformations within frames of the site specifique now.

journeys as of proposing engagementandresults as of creation

over the year 2o1o the actions have grown to a body of residues from different corners of the world. the cloth has travelled to israel,to the south of france, to russia and to great britain enhancing communal possibility to return with fragments of shared and lasting reality.

in this short intro-duction l honneur de timur leads you through its own history. each step and each journey stem from the desire to be engaged with surroundings on a conscious level. time and physical ef-fort have resulted in states of meditationexposing ones mind and body to be grasping the now.

since we need opposition,crave togetherness, seek focuswe should invest physically

framing common ground and seeking saving grace remainsthe desire of the given.

l honneur de timur is an answer. a concept for lifetime to become valid, traceable and resulting.

l honneur de tmuroperates on two levels: the act and the representational

one off events, so far held in paris, berlin and london, show-case these procedures and their final outcomes. insights are provided by creating representational installations to be ac-cessed with all senses.

the efforts transmissions - as in documents, as of the making- are being shared through video pieces featuring aspects of the journey that brought the transformation upon the cloth. these moving images in real time duration aim at delivering visual aspects of truth.the viewer plunges into the cloths history and includingly in to our past.

have human effort and time in common.

the first journey and the first procedure :

israel/

10 tshirts attached to strings floating in the dead seafor one night and one day

afterwards being dragged through the desert to then be let to dry

on the end result colourings occured in stripes due to the dragging while the emerged colours vary from brown to transpar-ent

3 longdurational insights in form of video are availableto share this experience

the textiles consistency is marked by a humidity brought from the absorption of salt and water

they still change its elasticity in relation to its outer surroundings

at times it occurred that the exhibited pieces absorbedthe humidity in the air and appeared to have returned to its very first state once taken out of the dead sea

cloth out of silk as bearer of experiences is holding ones effort

the second journey and procedure was inspired by the actual surroundings in russias capital, moscow. street dogs are conquering ground and crawl the city in bundles of associatives. following the common sense of these facts l honneur de timur

has initiated the performative act to be accomplished by the dogs themselves.

the cloth was wrapped in meat gathered at the whole-sale market in the early morning hours and thrown to the dogs to make use of these findings.the result is ripped and torn apart pieces of textilewith some remainings of the meat.the shirts were hung into moscows s city airto dry under the summers sun.

the procedures are featured with 2 videos showing the dogs engagements as well as aspects of the preparation.furthermore an interview with the russian dog activist veronika borash is presented on a loop, allowing her untranslated words to fill the room.

les chiens sauvages/

third journey and procedure in the south of france. starting in marseilledriving up to a resort of redish stones.physical engagement with the landscape in long durationmarked the textile with stains of red.

marseille/

continuing down-hill to encounterand climb up againtwo and one and the morning earliest

sand dismantels to become sensation of the far awayclimb to slip

physical to find timerest within- they run

nature vast like nowhere offers groundexploring shapes for tactile graspingto see two

resisting

london act/ fourth procedure

arriv-ing in the now from many wishes things fell into place and are bliss-fully re-ceivedaru-nas survi-la and me will be fea-turing a full size live of all hap-pen-ings to cel-ebrate a space, a city and an occur-rance of op-tions by com-bining inter-ests, energy and faith

interactive live performance at the london act event in collaboration with painter arunas survila dancing_fighting against_with immense hanging wet painted canvas that was being pulled on strings by the audi-ence from all sides to the beat they made and decided upon

event 1

at the day long happening -the cloths journeys to be featured from effort with time. landscape and mouvement. its senses to be transmissioned for you to re experience. circles of sound and spaces of contextualisation. bourette du soie breathing life for you to see. this programme of refill features impressions and outcomes in form of video, installations and soundscapes.

the space has been divided in 3 parts for each procedure to be featured in its own right

the basement layed out with oriental tiles had the acoustic characteristic of a mikveh (jewish hammam)videos screened on the dripping walls along with recorded music of hebrew poetry by the collaborator mimi meren-gue .the residues of the textile filled the room with its salty smell.

upstairs les chiens sauvage in a loop while posters shed light on the general impressions of the times in moscow . the bloody cloths were strapped in the middle of the room, hanging low and marking a transition from entrance to

for this event the experimental group blue in the face has used samples of the videos from the moscow times to influence their work- a live soundscape was being created during this happening.

this first showcase of l honneur de timur took place in paris 2010, all day long, and was concluded with an afterpartyin the suburbs

a projection showed the textile in the waves moving to the sound of the sea:

outdoors the blue in the face has arranged themselves with a second longdurational sound exploration in a garden facing the water. they were playing a set among shirts hanging and vid-eos being screened. the visitors settled on wooden benches to listen to their story from places re-imagined off site.

event 2

berlin on site, second showcase in an industrial club setting by the spree in berlin.

in its darkness the israel pieces were assembled hanging from a con-struct off the ceiling while on stairs leading nowhere stones and other elements from the journey were arranged next to the glooming insight of the desert scene.

third event and interactive performance at silvex house E2, londonl honneur de timur in collaboration with arunas survila

in a big ancient opening hall a canvas was hanging from the ceiling. on this sculptural set up of leaking industrial paint the strings were attached. the loose ends have been given to the audience, as well as oriental drumming instrumentsgiving away control tresulted in the enchancement of interactivity. energy exploded. pulling the strings created heavy wavings of the canvas. the performer, anastasia freygang, danced and fought against and with the canvas wearing the silk.consequently the colourings on the textile became the immediate results of the given time and situation, initiated by l honneur de timur yet accomplished by its guests.

due to this very live creation on site the layout of review has broken down and became accessible, witnessable and participative.

the entire space was filled with installation on topic. all residues to touch and smell, as-sembled within the very own history of the given space. slowly moving video settings and written poetry - contributed to the aim to transmit the experiences.

event 3london act

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daylong happening, paris, 26 june 2o1o

event 1

from the abandomned it derives crushed spirit drawing back to straight lines seeking revitalisation to unfold to multiply with time scapes of nature framed to cureembraced to learn whilst being ways of channeling desire mouvement in its sound is processing us into communal hoping that crushed spirit is drawing back tolines

we gather

afterparty of the daylong happening : at night we dance

event 2

on site berlin, 11 july 2o1o

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an excerpt from the live soundscape of blue in the face can be found under the following link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fh4vEYjFXA

outline :

since we need opposition, crave togetherness, seek focus

we should invest physically

alterations of textilesthrough landscape and somatic procedures -

daring to have a take on this multidisciplinary vision is key and operates through word of mouth, trust and ea-gerness to experience existence beyond the obvious. it incorporates physical awareness, long durations, spa-tial perception and tactility. performative in its means l honneur de timur aims at reinforcing awareness and sensitivity through the use of somatic procedures in adaptation to site specific environments. it is an answer and a path towards the desire to be ones land. territorial in gentle absorption, listening to respect and living worthy within the given. its results as in residues on cloth of silk hold the participants experiences and are shared through travelling installations of adapt-able nature. contributions on topic as in post action collaborations suit interpretation through sound and are given a platform for the visitors to embrace.

in the year 2o11 a publication will be coming into place allowing the project to reach out further. ap2o1o manifests the so far established body of content and the procedures that are holding the central positions in the project. the aim is to layout past actions to point towards future, inviting others to join and celebrate the options that derive from interests in common. the launches will be held in the manner of the events yet are seeking the literate path to establish its context in a greater form to be discussed further. interdisciplinary assemblages of the written works provided come along with video works, sonor interventions and interactive performances. all are having the aim to provide a contextual experience, another point for dialogue and means for exchange.

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event 3london act, london, 17 september 2o1o

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