"What kind of process is a person running amok going through just before he is going to kill people? What kind of effects has a computer game like “Grand Theft Auto” on these people and the way they are observing reality? For his solo Fabien Prioville, former dancer of Tanztheater Wuppertal and the company La La La Human Steps, was inspired by an article widely publicized in the press concerning a man suddenly has randomly stabbed dozens of people in Tokyo. In his choreography Fabien Prioville is searching for an abstract perspective without disregarding the emotional aspects. Which consequences do images with such a suggestive power have on a person’s mind?"
I find the two questions raised by the artist - "What kind of process is a person running amok going through just before he is going to kill people?" & "What kind of effects has a computer game like “Grand Theft Auto” on these people and the way they are observing reality?" - badly formulated, quite disconnected - a non sequitur - if not openly dishonest. And yet, that does not prevent me to find Prioville's performance truly hypnotic.
LINK: Fabien Prioville
Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (video by Uli Sigg)
