A prepared walk was developed as part of the exhibition project „Evil is a Squirrel“. The historically charged building of the Federal Administrative Court and its immediate surroundings served as the location.

In a two-day preparatory workshop the location was explored via a mixture of perception exercises, motion experiments, improvisations, audio and visual recordings: how is the building organised? What is the prevalent atmosphere? Which stories have sedimented? What can you feel that you cannot see? How can all of this be translated into performances, installations, interventions?

The results were combined in a walk, for each of its different stations an artist or a team were responsible. The everyday was used as a „theatrical setting“ and as an opportunity to interleave planned, prepared actions and accidental situations. In surprising ways the audience experienced an alternative perspective on the things around them.

_{(© Diana Wesser 2006, Photos: Karsten Wendt/Best Picture Point, 12-05-06, 3 a.m.)}

Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Ammann stands behind a lectern and gives a talk. But the only thing to be seen are the long pauses in which he lends expression to his words through inflated gestures and emotive pantomime. I took the kunst breaks from the recording of his opening speech for the exhibit »Seven Times Painting,« which addressed the »New Leipzig School of Painting« at the Museum of Visual Art in 2003.

(The release of the video was made possible by the friendly permission of Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Ammann)

Diana Wesser realized an installation combining video, objects, photography and a performance collaboration for with Suzana Richie (Zurich/Berlin), Doris Weidmann (Berlin/Berlin) and Rolf Summer (Bern/Leipzig).

Centred was her work with actionist actors performing a “theatre of reality” moving away from reality only a little. As Diana Wesser says about it: VISITATION build upon the performance of ROOM 707 AND ITS INHABITANTS. For this five people developed new identities formed of outer appearance, movement- and other behavioural patterns. Then they spent 5 days within a hotel room of 25 square meters which during this period could for some hours be visited by spectators. The material collected during practising and within the performance was presented within ATTENTION by 2 video monitors. On ground there was to be seen an installation of clothes and objects connected to the 5 characters from room 707.

During opening and 2 other days two of the actors performed within the showroom. They undressed for then dressing up with the clothes used within the installation. During this 1-hour long action the performers changed their identities thus always resembling a new couple. Normal gestures and behavioural patterns mixed up with exaggerated forms finally becoming independent acts.