Superamas is a collective founded in 1999 by 6 artists with differend backgrounds: visual arts, theatre, industrial design and music. Superamas always signs as a collective. In the words of the French philosopher Pascal: “ Le “tout” est plus que la somme des parties…” Superamas is more than the sum of the 6 voices.
From the start Superamas have been working interdisciplinary. They have created performances, video and photo installations and published books. Their performances are not easy to label but because of the central role of the body are often labeled as dance.
Since their first work Building (1999), Superamas have seen their task as taking on dance with materials from other areas of life. The group uses “untreated”, often unspectacular circumstances as well as readymades found in everyday culture. All these elements are treated equally. Superams are especially interested in attributes developing from the combined presentation of materials and their newly derived connections. “Showing” here means “letting see”, “expose to view”. In the context of public performance, Superamas call their work “dé-montrer”, separating and dismantling that which in its original state presented a unit or entity. According to this concept, visible facts are questioned. Samples from films and cutting techniques are implemented in the artistic work.
Superamas is supported by: City of Vienna, Austria / Ministry of Education Art and Culture, Austria / Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles d'Ile-de-France, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France.
www.superamas.com
From the start Superamas have been working interdisciplinary. They have created performances, video and photo installations and published books. Their performances are not easy to label but because of the central role of the body are often labeled as dance.
Since their first work Building (1999), Superamas have seen their task as taking on dance with materials from other areas of life. The group uses “untreated”, often unspectacular circumstances as well as readymades found in everyday culture. All these elements are treated equally. Superams are especially interested in attributes developing from the combined presentation of materials and their newly derived connections. “Showing” here means “letting see”, “expose to view”. In the context of public performance, Superamas call their work “dé-montrer”, separating and dismantling that which in its original state presented a unit or entity. According to this concept, visible facts are questioned. Samples from films and cutting techniques are implemented in the artistic work.
Superamas is supported by: City of Vienna, Austria / Ministry of Education Art and Culture, Austria / Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles d'Ile-de-France, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France.
www.superamas.com
