Cette performance a été créée en collaboration avec Ines Ballesteros. Nous sommes devenus amis sur le "Vrijdagmarkt", (Marché du vendredi) à Anvers. Il s'agit d'une brocante aux enchères qui a lieu chaque vendredi dans le centre de la ville. Après un moment, bon nombre des biens destinés à la vente se retrouvent abandonnés et un camion-benne vient collecter ce qu'il en reste.
Cet endroit est un point de rendez-vous où artistes et étudiants trouvent et collectent des matériaux gratuits qui finissent par encombrer nos studios et espaces de vie.
L'idée de 5,4,3,2,1, Nobody? nous est venue quand Ines du quitter Anvers et se débarrasser de certaines de ses possessions. Nous avons alors pris la décision de désencombrer nos espaces au travers de cette action performative.
5,4,3,2,1, Nobody? est une vente aux enchères à l'envers. Nous comptions à rebours de 5 à Nobody?. Si personne n'avait à ce moment levé sa main, l'objet était détruit sans merci par la "Smaching Machine" que j'avais designé et construit pour cet événement.
Finalement, la performance s'est bien déroulée et presque chaque objet proposé fut sauvé de la destruction.

This performance was created in collaboration with Ines Ballesteros. We became friends through the "Vrijdagmarkt" (Friday Market) in Antwerp. It's an auction flee market taking place every Friday in the center of the city. After given hour, a lot of the goods proposed for sale are left abandoned and a garbage truck comes to collect them.
This place is a gathering point where artists and students collect a lot of free material that sometimes ends up cluttering our studios and living spaces.
We came up with the idea of this performance when Ines had to leave Antwerp and to get rid of some of her belongings. We decided to unclutter our spaces through this performative action.
5,4,3,2,1 Nobody? is an upside down auction. Everything is free. You just have to be the first one to raise your hand and in case of conflict, to find a way to solve it.
We were counting down from 5 until "Nobody". If nobody had raised his or her hand, the item was mercilessly destroyed by the "Smashing Machine" that I designed and built for this event.
Eventually, the performance went well, and almost every object has been saved from destruction.

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