John Bock

"I started with theoretical, mathematical lectures, and I never wanted to be an actionist. You can just slip right into it, build a costume, build an object, then you tell yourself the white wall isn’t enough – so you build a paddock - and that’s how you keep adding new elements", says Bock who has presented his lectures to audiences in a variety of locations.

As part of "The Spirit of the Haus," new elements add up to "GlidderModderlauf of the quasi-me's, an environment specially designed for the Haus. Wraps fold into analytic diagrams. The animalistic Existo sprays greasy sparks." John Bock presents his clothing pieces on a running belt. Models mutate into quasi-me’s.

Thanks to:
Tatjana Axt, Eva Gärtner, Francesco Pillini, Sebastian Gottschalk, Luen Wong, Max Coly, Lucy Mullican, Caroline Adam, Sonja Klinge, Maria Romero, Charleen Richter, Hannah Früh, Anna Sartison, and Caroline Gerbeckx.

The greased bendsteering in the luggage gets tangled up with the white shirt, 2009 © John Bock
This project has generously been supported by Julia Stoschek Foundation e.V.
Courtesy: Klosterfelde Berlin; Anton Kern New York

In cooperation with

The program The Spirit of the Haus is part of 1989–2009: Das Haus der Kulturen and the World.