«Zwerm» is a public performance. In analogy to a swarm of birds or fishes, a group of people clusters together for a few minutes in order to run through the city as though it were one collective body. On the basis of local interaction the swarm moves void of any hierarchy, seemingly without destination and often unpredictable. By play of internal friction and cohesion it changes form dynamically, breaks into pieces, melts together again and suddenly disintegrates.
Swarms are both tantelizing and disturbing, giving them the capacity to create a new enchantement, to put people beyond their boundary. «Zwerm» has no identity, is a hybrid, is impure. It consists of individuals united only on the basis of the common destiny related to the performance. «Zwerm» takes shape on the basis of a continuous coproduction, without master plan, without director. «Zwerm» disintegrates to reappear in another time, on another place and with another constitution.
About the Author
Koen Cobbaert
KoenCobbaert
Brussels, Belgium
Publish Date January 14, 2012
Dimensions Large Format Landscape 64 pgs
Standard Paper
Category Arts & Photography
Tags Craig Reynolds, flash mob, Emmanuel Bouton, Estelle Cabrol, Anaïs Caillat, Ariane Carron, Koen Cobbaert, Antonin Descampe, Olivier Gardenal, Liévine Hubert, Margaux le Moigne, Maxime Membrive, Sophie Muselle, Elodie Vandenplas, Camélia Zaoudi, Caroline Boillet, Joséphine Borsu, Donatienne Bossu, Caroline Bouchoms, Amir Bouyahi, Lucie Burton, Laura Cardile, Sophie Canet, Iris Christidi, Fanny Conesa Botella, Aymeline de Cartier, Guillaume Deletombe, Claire Derache, Foo Fallassie, Judith Faraoni, Jean-Julien Filatriau, Léonore Frenois, Ulla Hase, Emilie Janiaud, Olivia Faye Lathuilliere, Fanny le Rigoleur, Caroline Maeyens, Claudia Mendizábal, Pierre Mooser, Tim Oliphant, Jean-Jacques Pirlot, Sarah Ryckmans, Joost Stockx, Liane Van de Putte, Lisa Vandemeulebroeke, Merry Wafwana, Lou Wéry, Anne Wezel, Elisabeth Wolfs, Maureen Wuyts, Mouna Yantour, Corinne Ghesquière, Cécile Hellin, Floriant Pierquin, Céline Van Hulle, Faye Yannaros, Örélie Weber & Alessia Wyss, fenomeen, bende, meute, mouvement, individu, groupe, friction, cohésion, hiérarchie, bouge, bande, gens, poisson, oiseau, essaim, group, alignment, cohesion, body, dance, theater, rules, individual, leader, self-organization, hierarchy, interaction, fish, bird, movement, performance, swarm, public, repulsion, collective, dynamic, human, vogel, vis, groep, zelforganisatie, Marie-Bénédicte Baudin, Mass-a