Curtain Machine is both a site work and performance. Located in a street-level apartment in Berlin (Germany), Curtain Machine consists of three layers of sheer, mechanized curtains controlled by a machine operator, Canadian dancer/choreographer Shannon Cooney. A set of performance instructions determined when, how fast and how much to move each curtain layer. Given the nature of the controls, the curtain material, the changing light conditions and the reverberant architecture, a conundrum resulted: a score that seemed simple enough to perform – stand still, listen and respond with a turn of a dial – became an arduous performance.
Exhibition History: 2008 Görlitzerstrasse 49 (Berlin, Germany)
