"touching art by ulrich gottlieb a wonderful approach to a mutual and collaborative performance art!"
"it is always delightful to see those spirits...maturity in kids and kids in grown ups."
"really like how at the first you are a very still & stiff monolith until touched & painted by others, then coming to life. reminds me of 2001: a space odyssey but quite a different response when the monolith is touched!"
"a nice and ultimately unexpected experience to take part in ulrich gottlieb's performance “touch”. knowing that he was in the moving "sack" that i was allowed to paint (among others). nevertheless, in doing (touching) this moving and reacting sculpture has developed a life of its own and has taken on traits of an “other” being."
"unbelievable! unintentional free spirit play with painting can create these gorgeous pictures. really beautiful. feeling unrestrained and joy of freeing in the painting."
#touch is an innovative interactive performance art where visual art meets physical theatre. the gravity field is a living canvas. the multi-layered dynamics that the living canvas brings forth engage the audience to be participants as well. touched & painted by the audience, ulrich gottlieb improvises a poetic mixture of movements in this sculptural performance from his practices in dance, martial art and physical theatre. concealing the performing body with textiles, people are invited to make painting marks directly onto the living canvas, instigating its changing movements and shapes on the canvas landscape.
#touch is creation in motion, make art touchable and an experience.
part 1 process of the work: the interactive encounter in the painting action in the form of a live-performance
part 2 sustainability of the work: the traces of the encounters on the canvas as a document of the process in form of an exhibition
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ulrich gottlieb
ulrich gottlieb, vienna/bangkok, 1964 born in germany
physical theatre practisioner & conceptualist, performer & teacher, taiji practisioner & instructor, visual artist, writer. founder and artistic director of loop-art.
early background in mime, later physical theatre self-thaught and by werner müller, nürnberg & hiro uchiyama, paris.
taiji quan & qigong by lim chee choon, penang and chen liang yao, bangkok
the project loop-art is a cross melt of physical theatre, holistic art, performance art with visual art und poetry in a contemporary context.
works in art and education. international collaborations with theatres, festivals, cultural institutions, universities, international schools. performing and teaching and internationally.
bavarian state theatre
bavarian theatre academy munich
salzburg festival
university of popular music and music business mannheim
patravadi theatre bangkok
srinakarinwirot university bangkok
chulalongkorn university bangkok
ista international school theatre association
international dance festival bangkok
performance art center of penang
summer academy zakinthos/greece
wonderfruit festival thailand
international solo festival bangkok
GEMS world academy singapore
portugese embassy bangkok
fang mae kong dance festival vientiane
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latest projects
physical poetry - dance/text
#touch - living canvas