Category talk:Performances by Marcel Douwe Dekker

Listing of performances by Marcel Douwe Dekker

Listing of performances by Marcel Douwe Dekker and others documented on photo's more often afterwards classified as performance. Non of these works have been presented to the audience as such, but indirectly documented as staged photography to be presented later on. Sources: Mdd performances at flickr.com, 2008 ; blogspot.com, 2008-12 ;

Early self-portrait, a selection

There is a line of work called Me, Myself, Eye since 1985 containing self-portraits and self-staged portraits, which share the characteristics of performances. A small series of those photographs stand out:

Nummer	Datum	Beschrijving	Locatie	Bijzonderheden	Link	Afbeelding
016	1986 12	Mekelweg, Delft	Door to Industrial Organization at TU Delft, 1986	Self-portrait with reflection in door of IO section in ME building	flickr
019	1986 12	Me & Bruges, 1986	Poster shop window in streets of Bruges	Self portrait in store window with a poster of Robert Doisneau, Bruges 21.12.1986	flickr
028	1986 12	Smoke	Stationsplein, Delft	Staged portrait with shadow lighting a smoke at the electricity socket	flickr
041	1988 05	Me & Cafe Costes, Paris	Cafe Costes, Paris	Self-reflection in clock in Cafe Costes in Paris, 1988	flickr
045	1988-08	Fragmented reflection	Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest - 2 photos	Self portrait with reflection in sculpture in Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, 1988	flickr
055	1990-04	New York, New York	Little Italy, New York	Self-portrait in bar near Mulberry Street	flickr

Early performances, a selection

Performances in the first half of the 1990s documented on photo's more often afterwards classified as such. These works also bear elements of staged photography and concept photography.

Nummer	Datum	Beschrijving	Locatie	Bijzonderheden	Link	Afbeelding
100	1990-06	Rooftop modelling	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Photo shoot in Rotterdam-West, 1988 - 17 photos	flickr
101	1990-06	De schreeuw	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Photo shoot in Rotterdam-West, 1988 - 7 photos	flickr
102	1990-06	The Rose	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Photo shoot in Rotterdam-West, 1988 - 18 photos	flickr
103	1990-06	The road to nowhere	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Action painting with a bucket of paint in one swing at the door, later turned into a mixed media poster - 1 item	flickr
104	1990-07	Eggs	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Egg carton hammered, the act - 12 photos	flickr
105	1990-07	Rondje Texel	Rotterdam, Texel	Trip from Rotterdam-West to Texel and back, 1988 - 1 photo	flickr
106	1990-07	Dia show	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Dia show of Rotterdam, 1990 - 2 photos	flickr
107	De lekkerste bakker	1990-07	Marthenesserweg, Rotterdam	Photoshot for possible assignment - 12 photos	flickr
108	De stoelendans	1990-07	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Photoshot in the street of sets of chairs for presentation - 10 photos	flickr
125	1991-04	De emmers	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Theft or rescue mission to salvage set of iron buckets from abandoned store - 10 photos / 11 items	flickr
126	1991-04	Rock the house	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Particular chimney shaking before total demolition of block of houses - 52 photos	flickr
150	1991-08	Barwoela cast in de Oude Sluis	Oude sluis, Rotterdam	Additional photoshoot with Barwoel cat in Oude Sluis and outside- 21 photos	flickr
151	1991-08	Portrait at Barwoela photoshoot	Grote Visserijstraat, Rotterdam	Double portrait of staged photography with model of Tomado KAST-kast - 1 photos	flickr
152	1991-08	Barwoela, final cut	Rotterdam Quarantaine	Final cut at photoshoot with Barwoela cast at Rotterdam Quarantaine - 2 photos	flickr
160	1991-10	Audiovisual reflection	Museum of Modern Art, Antwerpen	Self-portrait with timer on one place posing at another - 2 photos	flickr
170	1992-02	Niet met klei gooien	Kunstacademie, Rotterdam - DAG items	Performance bij de les beeldhouwen van George Belzer
171	1992-04	Presentatie Vorm, Kleur, Ruimte	Kunstacademie, Rotterdam - DAG items	Presentatie bij les conceptontwikkeling van Kees Verschuren
172	1992-04	De tekenmap	Kunstacademie, Rotterdam - DAG items	After match by presentation of painting with Otto Egberts
180	1993-08	Rotterdam - Model for Sunflower, 1993	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Documentary study - 7 photos	flickr
181	1993-08	Colours of Rotterdam	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Documentary study - 23 photos	flickr

Later performances, a selection

Performances in the second half of the 1990s documented on photo's still partly afterwards classified as such with cooperation with some performers and performance artists.

Nummer	Datum	Beschrijving	Locatie	Bijzonderheden	Link	Afbeelding
200	1995 10	Multimedia Building	Rotterdam, Antwerpen, Utrecht	Photo documentation with polaroids - 119 photos	flickr
201	1995-10	Trouwfeest, 1995	Expo Henk, Mathenesserdijk, Rotterdam	Multimedia Building assistance in Trouwfeest initiative - 37 photos Released at Wikimedia Commons, 05.2018	flickr
202	1995-10	LAMBADA initiative	Rotterdam, Amsterdam	Extening Trouwfeest initiative, documentary (co-production) - 41 photos (incomplete) Published in: Lambada Review, Jan 1999	flickr
204	1995-'96	Rotterdam - Het Badhuis, 1995-96	Former Bathhouse, Justus van Effencomplex, Rotterdam	Documentary - 45 images	flickr
210	1996-07	Kunst drive-in, 1996	Las Palmas building, Rotterdam-Zuid	Sunflower at art drive-in expo in performance Eat me by Ron Blom - 37 photos	flickr
211	1996-08	Life in Rotterdam	Van Duylstraat, Tussendijken, Rotterdam	Performance in demolition area of block of houses - 72 photos / 75 images	flickr
212	1996-09	General Multimedia Building	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Foundation for integration of art, science, design & organisation
213	1996-10	Oracle of Rotterdam	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Performance to initiate an oracle session at home - no photos, just remains
214	1996-11	New order	Leger des Heils, Spanjaardstraat, Rotterdam-West	Performance to establish new order in clothing displayed outside - no photos
215	1996-11	Walk on water	Museumpark, Rotterdam	Performance to cross over water in Museum park - no photos
216	1996-11	He is a she	Lantaarn-Venster theater, Rotterdam	Performance to turn from man into women - no photos
217	1996-11	Hero of Keile Harbor	Metal scrap yard, Lek Harbor	Performance to sculpture a statue in the middle of the night - no photos
218	1996-12	Interior inside out	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Total make over of interior and wardrobe male, female
219	1997-03	Operation Smoke	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Wake up call with the curtains on fire - DAG 97 01 03
220	1997-04	TV still hot	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Act to drop two big television still hot at the garbage - no pictures
221	1997-05	Marcel Douwe Dekker aan de Buytenweg	Buytenweg	Art & design presentation - 6 photos, DAG 97 05 01	flickr
225	1997-10	Rotterdam - Rotterdam, 1997	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Documentary - 14 photos ; MDD.H.97 p.24	flickr
226	1997-'98	Studio life 1997	Jan Kobellstraat, Rotterdam	Documentary - 37 photos ; MDD.H.97 p.26-31	flickr
270	1997-07	Mein Observatorium	Hoekse Waard, Zuid-Holland	Documentary - 88 photos / 159 items	flickr
300	1999 08	Lezing Artistiek jaarverslag	Central library Rotterdam	Lezing	flickr
301	1999 08	Interview leesbare meubels	Central library Rotterdam	Interview with Stads TV Rotterdam	flickr

Later works, a selection

Performances in the new millennium became an integrated part of ongoing artistic experiments and participation. The intention to create "L'art pour l'art" faded to the back ground. Below a selective listing of activities were performance played such an often minor part: fotoshoots, interviews, presentations, concept development... etc.

Nummer	Datum	Beschrijving	Locatie	Bijzonderheden	Link	Afbeelding
400	2000	Rotterdams fruit	Development of vision on first ten years in and out off the art world
410	2000 09	World expo	Hannover, Germany	Presence at World expo in Hannover - 7 photos	flickr
425	2005 02	First tape, take one	Blijdorp, Rotterdam		flickr
470	2008 08	Video script	Blijdorp, Rotterdam		flickr
480	2008 08	Mdd website	Havenstraat, Rotterdam	Website construction with specific chapter on performances
570	2018 01	OOA	Driebergen	Photoshoot at OOA annual congress
575	2018 04	Werken met Wikipedia	Kamerik, Groene hart	Presentation on OOA spring congress	flickr
585	2018 07	Normandië ontdekt	Normandy, France	Conceptual photoshoot	flick
605	2020-06	Tijd op kunstacademie	Blijdorp, Rotterdam	Interview over tijd op de kunstacademie - 1 video	flickr
610	2020-07	Museum Rotterdam	Blijdorp, Rotterdam	Photoshoot at Museum Rotterdam at the Coolhaven - 40 photos	flickr

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