THE 3RD COLOR // FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE ART: WORD AND BODY // ST. PETERSBURG MAY 2019

THE THIRD COLOR //PERFORMANCE BY JOSEF KA// VIDEO BY KONSTANTIN SELIVERSTOV

A performance THE THIRD COLOR is based on the concept of Mikhail Matyushin, one of the world’s leading color theorists, who believed that when colors interact, they create a new, transient essence. This process changes the very meaning of color. The idea also relates to expanding perception, like a ‘third eye.’

The performance, an homage to Matyushin, took place at his mansion, where the festival was held.

Mikhail Matyushin (1861 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – 1934, Leningrad, USSR), painter, composer, and art theorist. Matyushin is known for his pioneering work on color theory and the concept of “expanded vision”. He was associated with the Russian avant-garde movement.

Matyushin’s theory proposed that colors interact dynamically and that their combinations create new, fluid, and transient entities. He believed in training perception to grasp these subtleties, aiming for a heightened state of awareness, akin to developing a “third eye” for color and spatial relationships. His ideas were closely tied to synesthetic experiences, where different senses interconnect.

Published by Josef Ka

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International performance, visual and sound artist Josef Ka blends richly varied influences – everything from Butoh dance to cinematic theory – with her decades of nomadic world travel to create bold, highly personal site-specific art. Josef Ka’s themes range from investigating the place of the human body in contemporary reality to exploring the inner body as a representative system of our human and post human kind. Her artistic practice often actively invites the audience inside a sort of private reverie, making it is a deeply participatory one; she actively engages with both her audiences and with a wide diversity of other experimental artists. In addition to her own work, Josef Ka curates a regular series of events and exhibitions at her Helsinki underground space – Sauna Gallery – and teaches classes on the theory and practice of performance art. She is also the inventor of the WORST THEATRE and her yogic training system, KA-YOGA. https://eskargoeskargo.com/

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