performance
Johan Lorbeer Proletarisches Wandbild
Johan Lorbeer plays with the usual laws of gravity, while forcing himself to watch idly.
When we think of street sweepers, we imagine boys and girls clutching a broom with feet firmly on the ground. Johan Lorbeer turns the world upside down. The German performance artist likes to keep things at a slow pace. He allows himself to be suspended at a height for a long time, either as a worker or street sweeper, in a position that can be considered unusual, where he is immobile*.
Lorbeer's living sculptures (human still lifes) attempt to broaden our view of the world. He lifts the street sweeper from his day-to-day existence, while freezing time and our gaze. We drop what we're doing and stare at the man on the wall as if paralysed.
- immobile: being forced to watch idly
Concept, performance: Johan Lorbeer