7 for the Price of 1 tour - The catalogue

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info@johnnyamore.de (from Germany) & jussi@tehdasry.fi (from Finland)

MESSIANIC RESEARCH CENTRE FOR VISUAL ETHICS (MRCVE) & JOHNNY AMORE:

7 FOR THE PRICE OF 1 – ACCUMMULATING VALUE

The catalog about our performance tour

Pori Art Museum Publications 104

Paperback: 64 pages/ 18x24cm

ISBN: 978-952-5648-23-2 ISSN: 0359-4327
Languages: Finnish, English,

Publisher: MVET (MRCVE) & Johnny Amore, Pori Art Museum, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, 2010

Price: 15,00 eur (+postage/delivery)

”In our case we can talk about “performance inside the performance” as it makes a critique about the commercialisation of art by doing a work of art. They are asking themselves and the public if performance art can be profitable and they are representing this dilemma in a series of performances.”

- Irene Pascual

In February 2010, the Messianic Research Centre for Visual Ethics (MRCVE) and Johnny Amore conducted in Germany and the Netherlands a series of performances entitled 7 For The Price Of 1. Presented in the form of a shopping trip, the tour travelled from Berlin to Rotterdam, acquiring seven performative actualisations along the way.

Just like the earlier works of MRCVE and Johnny Amore, the project was not merely a series of performances, but an opportunity to collect research data for further refinement and to test in practice the premises raised by theoretical research.

The aim of the performances was to increase the apportioned capital of the project, because the easy market criticism of the economically oriented contemporary reality clearly needed to be complemented with objective research that would give reality an opportunity to argue its logic. Deconstructing trade and the mechanisms of the economy, the project culminated at Pori Art Museum in October 2010, presenting a summary of the results gained with the methods of performative economic research.In connection with the performance tour the Messianic Research Centre for Visual Ethics (MRCVE) and Johnny Amore published a publication, which has been produced in cooperation with Satakunta University of Applied Sciences/performance studies, Finnish Fund For Art Exchange FRAME and Pori Art Museum.

The publication contains two essays: Irene Pascual, who is a Spanish artist and art historian, followed the tour and in her essay she analyses each performance and it’s results. Finnish performance artist Aapo Korkeoja is writing about the state of the Finnish contemporary art scene, artists’ role in the Finnish contemporary society and the innovative aspect of art. The publication contains an extensive photographic documentation of the performance tour.MORE INFORMATIONS UNDER: HTTP://WWW.7FOR1.BLOGSPOT.COM

Authors:

Irene Pascual – artist and art historian

Aapo Korkeaoja – performance artist, teacher at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences/performance studies (Kankaanpää)

Graphic Design: Thomas Gilke

Photos: Jan Virtanen