State of Mind Without a Title
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- State of Mind Without a Title
- Stare fără titlu
- 1991
- 6 b&w vintage prints, mounted on cardboard
- 35 × 50 cm
The performance “State of Mind Without a Title” took place in the streets of Timișoara. It was meant as an homage and gesture of gratitude in memory of the revolution in December 1989, which began on the 16th of that month and culminated in the execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena on the 25th.
Perjovschi dragged a train of fabric behind her that was meant to symbolize a shadow. Along with this rearward shadow, which extended forward to form further shadows around her feet, there was also the shadow that she naturally cast. This procession-like performance started out at the cathedral and progressed through the center of town to the opera. At one point, Perjovschi deposited her shadows inside an apparently random house. In sum, her performance recalled the mass street demonstrations that started in Timișoara and then spread to Bucharest and other Romanian cities in late 1989. W.S.
Perjovschi dragged a train of fabric behind her that was meant to symbolize a shadow. Along with this rearward shadow, which extended forward to form further shadows around her feet, there was also the shadow that she naturally cast. This procession-like performance started out at the cathedral and progressed through the center of town to the opera. At one point, Perjovschi deposited her shadows inside an apparently random house. In sum, her performance recalled the mass street demonstrations that started in Timișoara and then spread to Bucharest and other Romanian cities in late 1989. W.S.