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:

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