Boondocks III Performance Art Festival

Hanover

Sept 2017

A woman with long gray hair, wearing a large straw hat with a decoration, glasses, and a black-and-white striped sweater, is holding binoculars and looking through them.

The international exhibition project Boondocks III Hanover deepens the objectives of the Boondocks predecessors and the exhibition Urban Touch . The project directs the gaze into the center of the urban society, reflects on the restructuring and change of values ​​with media works and installations in the Kunsthalle Faust and performative and participatory actions in urban space, while at the same time examining the scope for action of the "public cause". Boondocks III intervenes in the no-mans- land between public and private territories in Hanover's urban wilderness, while allowing access to cultural uncharted territory.

Bbeyond, Boondocks III, Hanover. Massive thanks to Ilka Theurich,Christiane Oppermann and Harro Schmidt for all your work to realise this. Supported by Arts Council NI and Culture Ireland.
Bbeyond Artists: Brian Patterson, Jayne Cherry, Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell, Zara S Lyness, Léann Herlihy, Hugh O'Donnell and Colm Clarke

Performance week by the group Bbeyond (Sinead Breathnach Cashell, Jayne Cherry, Colm Clarke, Mary Jane Connolly, Léann Herlihy, Zara Lyness, Hugh O'Donnell, and Brian Patterson). Video works by Alexander Steig and Helmut Hennig. Group, solo, and open-source performances.

The recently privatized Ihme Center, just a few minutes' walk from the Kunsthalle Faust, is a former office, residential, and shopping complex. Its infrastructure, and in particular its 60,000 square meters of vacant commercial and industrial space—the largest in Europe—are to be revitalized and made viable for the future through political will and supporting measures. The group bbeyond, in cooperation with the Zukunftswerkstatt Ihme-Zentrum (Ihme Center Future Workshop), will activate the public space of the Ihme Center with group, solo, and open-source performances over four days. The focus will be on long-duration performances, transforming the public space into a permanent shared venue for artists, passersby, and those currently working there. The Ihme Center itself will be visibly activated through the "performance floor." bbeyond works with a seismographic sensitivity to the existing environment, transforming the atmosphere of the place into performative actions using minimal props and developing dystopian and utopian scenarios.

People sitting and talking inside a room viewed through large glass windows with a red frame, outside a potted plant is visible.
A person in a black and white striped shirt sitting on a chair with water on their face, with other people and chairs visible through a glass window.
Woman sitting outside, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, headphones, a striped sweater, and a long skirt. She is holding a colorful cloth or clothing item. There is a large metal basin on the ground near her, with some cloth or fabric inside and arou
People sewing and working on craft projects inside a room, view through a glass window.
A person holding a crumpled, dirty cloth or rag in their hands. The person's arms and part of their torso are visible, with a focus on their hands.
Woman wearing a large straw hat, yellow gloves, and a striped sweater, looking at her phone while standing near pink railings outdoors.
Person wearing a straw hat and a striped shirt standing in an urban parking lot, holding a sprayer, with a long hose on the ground and a large puddle of water nearby.
A woman wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, striped top, and long blue skirt standing near a wet, trash-strewn pavement in an urban area with buildings, a construction barrier, and a light post nearby.
A woman wearing a vintage dress and a large, decorative hat stands on a wet sidewalk with red railing in an urban area. There are buildings with multiple windows, trees, and another woman walking in the background.
Two women are touching hands in front of a glass window behind which some signs and information are visible. One woman is wearing a striped sweater and a wide-brimmed decorated hat, the other woman has long braided hair and is wearing a black top wit
Four women, two standing and two crouching, are in an urban outdoor area with trash and debris on the ground, some connected by electricity or light effects.
Two women dressed in costume, one with a large pink tulle tutu and the other with a straw hat adorned with a small animal figure, sharing a moment together outside on a paved area.
Group of people participating in an outdoor skit or performance on a rooftop with city skyline in the background, some holding ropes and one lying on the ground as if playing a dead body.