Still Standing

Since 2018 we, Locu&Ruth, stand 20 minutes still in different places. Not moving. With both feet we occupy a piece of earth and let it happen. With a film camera we systematically document the locations. Permanently and short dated. Locals join to form a scene with uncertain outcome.

“Still Standing is a current evaluation of situations between everyday life and big events, absurdity and seriousness, projection and live performance, narrative and repetition, Standstill and action. Here and now. “ West-Off

Trailer, exhibited at “AUSBLICK!”, 2022, DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Hörtest, Germany

PS: The work does not contain sound :)

In 2019 Locu&Ruth got awarded with a Grant for Emerging Artists by West-Off and Theaternetzwerk Rheinland.

From October 2019 till February 2020, we  showed our project Still Standing as a Minimal Dance with Filmscreening at TheaterImBallsaal Bonn, Studiobuehne Köln, Cologne and FFT Düsseldorf, Germany.

As part of the residency program at Kunsthaus Mitte Oberhausen, Locu&Ruth, equipped with a film camera and a tripod, they roam the city, research selected locations and try out their technique of standing still for a long time. They are on site. “In this way, a cinematic portrait of places in Oberhausen, their stories and what happens there by chance is created.” Kunsthaus Mitte Oberhausen

Special Thanks to Kunstmuseum Bochum, Ben WH22 Documenta15 Kassel, Ludwig Galerie Oberhausen, Kunsthaus Mitte Oberhausen, DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst Hörstel, Take-Heart, Landesbüro für Darstellende Künste NRW, OutNow! Bremen, Talc Studio Athens, The Image Generator Antwerp, Zeitzeug Festival Bochum, Trampolin Bochum, Elfminuten Studiobühne Köln and to West-off: FFT Düsseldorf, Studiobühne Köln, Theater im Ballsaal Bonn.