Nikolaus Urban "Plagium, Floor Work, Target Action & exhibition"
10–23.06.1978
de Appel, Brouwersgracht 196, Amsterdam
de Appel, Brouwersgracht 196, Amsterdam
Plagium
fotograaf / photographer: Els van der Graaf, © Nikolaus Urban, Amsterdam
fotograaf / photographer: Els van der Graaf, © Nikolaus Urban, Amsterdam
Floor Work
© Nikolaus Urban, Amsterdam
© Nikolaus Urban, Amsterdam
Target Action
© Oscar van Alphen, Amsterdam
© Oscar van Alphen, Amsterdam
June 10: Plagium
'I tore bedsheets into stripes and tied them to each other for making a gradually increasing line. As each piece was added, the knots were reinforced and checked on strength by pulling on them with members of the public. The product, a roll of white cloth, was placed on the floor in the shape of a coil and left there without being used. A help for those having to escape.'
June 14: Floor Work
'I took out some parts of a wooden floor in De Appel. Immediately afterwards, I put in new boards which had been painted in the same colour as the ones I had removed.'
14 juni: Target Action
'The concept of the performance was to shoot arrows in a target together with the public until there would not be left any more space for additional shots. This collective action of shooting at the target was determined by the number of available arrows. The ideal result should have been the complete disappearance of the target by perforation, remaining only the arrows in the position as they were shot into it.'
(Nikolaus Urban, typewritten project descriptions, archive De Appel / file Urban, corrected by the artist in 2004.)
June 10 through 23: exhibition
Nikolaus Urban – Plagium – Floor Work – Untitled – Exhibition
archive, 1978
Nikolaus Urban – Plagium – Floor Work – Untitled – Exhibition
archive, 1978
Nikolaus Urban – Plagium – Floor Work – Untitled – Exhibition
archive, 1978
Nikolaus Urban – Plagium – Floor Work – Untitled – Exhibition
archive, 1978
Nikolaus Urban – Untitled (target action), Floor work, Plagium , 1978
collection (unintended), 1978