Snow and fire (1980-1984)
Performances
Snow and fire (1980-1984)
Performances
Photos 1 & 2 : On February 2 and 3, 1980, in the snow, in Silkeborg, Denmark, Felix Rozen paid tribute to his friend, the painter and poet Christian Dotremont. In the foreword to the catalog “Rozen (Black Tracks),” art historian Troels Anderson recounts: “Felix Rozen drew a large image in the snow, as a memory and a tribute to Christian Dotremont. He stamped the borderlines of the image on the white, unbroken surface, then crossed the rectangular field diagonally. One half of the image gradually filled out with calligraphic traces, the other remained white, untouched. Two levels of consciousness. ‘…inside me…long ago.’”
Photos 3-6 : “At the end of October [1983], on a beach in Binic [now Binic-Stables-sur-Mer, north of Saint-Brieuc], Felix Rozen drew letters of fire at ebbing tide (…). You have to have seen him walk, meditatively, along the seaside, talking to himself, to better grasp the extraordinary and seductive complexity of the character.”
André Legrand, “Felix Rozen: The Share of Fire…”, Ouest-France, January 23, 1984.
“‘F’ on the sand stands for ‘Flight’… For all those people who flee by the sea…”
Felix Rozen, explaining his “action” in Brittany to his children.
Photos 7-9 : The last three images of this section bear witness to an “event” on February 20, 1981, in the German countryside, near Aachen.
Photos 1 & 2 : On February 2 and 3, 1980, in the snow, in Silkeborg, Denmark, Felix Rozen paid tribute to his friend, the…
Photos 1 & 2 : On February 2 and 3, 1980, in the snow, in Silkeborg, Denmark, Felix Rozen paid tribute to his friend, the painter and poet Christian Dotremont. In the foreword to the catalog “Rozen (Black Tracks),” art historian Troels Anderson recounts: “Felix Rozen drew a large image in the snow, as a memory and a tribute to Christian Dotremont. He stamped the borderlines of the image on the white, unbroken surface, then crossed the rectangular field diagonally. One half of the image gradually filled out with calligraphic traces, the other remained white, untouched. Two levels of consciousness. ‘…inside me…long ago.’”
Photos 3-6 : “At the end of October [1983], on a beach in Binic [now Binic-Stables-sur-Mer, north of Saint-Brieuc], Felix Rozen drew letters of fire at ebbing tide (…). You have to have seen him walk, meditatively, along the seaside, talking to himself, to better grasp the extraordinary and seductive complexity of the character.”
André Legrand, “Felix Rozen: The Share of Fire…”, Ouest-France, January 23, 1984.
“‘F’ on the sand stands for ‘Flight’… For all those people who flee by the sea…”
Felix Rozen, explaining his “action” in Brittany to his children.
Photos 7-9 : The last three images of this section bear witness to an “event” on February 20, 1981, in the German countryside, near Aachen.
Tribute to Christian Dotremont (with the Danish poet Peter Laugesen), February 2-3, 1980. Silkeborg, Denmark ; Musée national d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou. Photo Troels Andersen.
Tribute to Christian Dotremont (with the Danish poet Peter Laugesen), February 2-3, 1980. Silkeborg, Denmark ; Musée national d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou. Photo Troels Andersen.
Flight, October 25, 1983, Binic Beach (now Binic-Etables-sur-Mer), Brittany, France.
Flight, October 25, 1983, Binic Beach (now Binic-Etables-sur-Mer), Brittany, France.
Flight, October 25, 1983, Binic Beach (now Binic-Etables-sur-Mer), Brittany, France.
Flight, October 25, 1983, Binic Beach (now Binic-Etables-sur-Mer), Brittany, France.
Situation Piece, February 20, 1981, Aachen, Germany.
Situation Piece, February 20, 1981, Aachen, Germany.
Situation Piece, February 20, 1981, Aachen, Germany.
