tête-à-tête / Ljubica Letinić and Matej Končan Kleemar / part02

Описание: ...they met, saw, and spoke to each other, for the first time ever, just 30 min before this studio session... they had no idea what they will find inside...
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The term tête-à-tête comes from the French language, is now internationalized and has several meanings such as secret meeting, face-to-face conversation, private conversation, confidential conversation, but also as a synonym for intimate atmosphere, tea accessories for two people and as a bench or sofa for two.

Studio Sensoria is utilizing this concept for sound art purposes choosing a pairs of artists that previously never met and probably hardly heard for each other.
Envisioned as a coproduction between Croatia and Slovenia, pairs are going to be mixed.
First pair, at the preproduction phase was known only as Tête 1 and Tête 2 and they knew absolutely nothing about each other than they would meet somebody to do something with sound.
By placing two artists outside their comfort zone (or right in the center of their natural aspiration) and outside the zone of concentration – producer wanted to approach practices which were described by Eno and Bowie.
Eno emphasizes that after several hours (boring) period in which the will dominates (to create something concrete) comes a period in which the will is completely relaxed and inactive, and the action is carried by intuition that tends to experiment. Bowie, on the other hand, points out that creation, which is under controlled, well known and “safe” conditions, is counterproductive.
When the artist feels how he/she is slowly “losing ground” under feet – that’s the right situation to do something exciting.

performance: Ljubica Letinić and Matej Končan Kleemar
concept,setup & sound: Tonči Bakotin
videographer: Darko Škrobonja
fragments from the script by Neli Ružić - Installation "Do We Have a Plan for Yesterday", 2021

artistic direction: Ruzina Frankulin
ghost: Janez Križaj

production: Sensoria, 9th July 2021
www.sensoria.hr
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Tête-à-tête sessions are supported by Ministry of Culture, City of Kastela, Kultura Nova foundation and IKS Festival.