Still Standing

Since 2018 we, Locu&Ruth, stand 20 minutes still in different places. Not moving. With both feet we occupy a piece of earth and let it happen. With a film camera we systematically document the locations. Permanently and short dated. Locals join to form a scene with uncertain outcome.

“Still Standing is a current evaluation of situations between everyday life and big events, absurdity and seriousness, projection and live performance, narrative and repetition, Standstill and action. Here and now. “ West-Off

Trailer, exhibited at “AUSBLICK!”, 2022, DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Hörtest, Germany

PS: The work does not contain sound :)

In 2019 Locu&Ruth got awarded with a Production-Grant for Emerging Artists by West-Off and Theaternetzwerk Rheinland.

From October 2019 till February 2020, we  showed our project Still Standing as a Minimal Dance with Filmscreening at TheaterImBallsaal Bonn, Studiobuehne Köln, Cologne and FFT Düsseldorf, Germany.

The artist duo Locu&Ruth is a guest at the Kunsthaus Mitte in Oberhausen with their project “Still Standing”. As part of the residency program, they will be in Oberhausen for the first time in October 2022, resulting in a long-term project that will be continued till 2024. Equipped with a film camera and a tripod, they roam the city, research selected locations and try out their technique of standing still for a long time. They are on site.

“In this way, a cinematic portrait of places in Oberhausen, their stories and what happens there by chance is created.” Kunsthaus Mitte Oberhausen

The title clearly describes the plot of this performance project. Standing, the artists mark a specific place and at the same time are exposed to the local conditions. Every place has its own story to tell and something of that story is revealed in the process.

“Locu & Ruth would like to get into conversation with interested parties and explore where there are everyday places from our living environments, but also politically explosive topics in the Steinfurt district, in order to select locations for a corresponding standing (…). Residents are specifically involved in the course of the project..“ DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst

TO BE CONTINUED..