X Dates
Alban Ovanessian
La Balsamine X Festival Trouble x Les Halles de Schaerbeek
11 March 2003: A model from the Alexander McQueen fashion show, whom I imitate in my parents’ bathroom.
3 April 2011: My first bow, after my first stage performance.
18 March 2018 : My meeting with Kate Bush in a weird bush
20 June 2044: A conversation about my father’s Armenian funeral.
21 June 2044: My father’s Armenian funeral.
12 March 1985: A Prince concert.
A date, presented as a fact referring to a specific event, is a way of placing facts in chronological order.
By introducing an infinite collection of dates in which the performer is an actor/observer, X.DATES explores the relationship between date and context, where various performative media interact to stage and re-stage a date.
X.DATES works as a temporal, utopian laboratory, an experimental investigation into life experiences and fictional productions. By allowing spectators to envisage different realities, Alban Ovanessian deploys various dramaturgical strategies to answer the following question: how do you physicalize a date?
