In slow-moving traffic in down-town Sydney, Australia, five teams of colour-coded performers rolled car wheels in sets of four through city streets as though the car body had disappeared. This performance called “Life takes place… Read More »Life takes place on foot
“X Performances” utilises public space as a place of dialogue and negotiation. The public road is a space circumscribed by a social compact that determines interaction. But where the rules of the road are thought… Read More »X Performances
“Remember the importance of SELF”is a project which seeks to remind us that each of us is important, and that who we are is more important than the gap which exists between the life we… Read More »Remember the importance of SELF
“The workers’ lift”explores the hidden space occupied by workers in a large shopping centre in Cologne, Germany. The workers move between floors unseen by shoppers, using an exclusive private elevator that doesn’t have doors and… Read More »The workers lift
“One Day I Think I’ll Lend a Hand But Right Now I Need a Plasma TV”, isa performance that brought together Germans and refugees-seeking-asylum unified by a communal spirit of making art. A large group… Read More »One Day I Think I’ll Lend a Hand But Right Now I Need a Plasma TV
“Red, blue or green?” is a work of socially engaged performance art from Schwenk’s body of work with the heavily ironic title, “Anything you can see in person, you can see better on TV”. This… Read More »Red, blue or green?
Everyday people dressed in black with high visibility vests marked “Under Surveillance”, wearing name badges with only a barcode and number, performed as Officials conducting surveillance. This art intervention masquerading as a real everyday event,… Read More »Under Surveillance
“Boots for Rising Waters” is the latest footwear Schwenk designed for the upcoming season of climate change. They are a stylish blue and black high-platformed-gumboot. The glossy black stacked soles of the “Boots” range in… Read More »Boots for Rising Waters
“Life preservers” is from a body of work called, “They paved paradise put up a parking lot”, which showcases Schwenk’s latest footwear and dresses for the upcoming climate change season. Walking through the streets, a… Read More »Life Preservers
