LAUNE + Harmony in 3
A COLLABORATION WITH ZLATKO COSIC & LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK
For the 2015 Kranzberg Exhibition Series, video artist Zlatko Ćosić and choreographer Ashley McQueen honor the labor that goes into the manicured landscape at Laumeier. Through a series of dance performances held in 2014, culminating in a short film, Ćosić and McQueen explore Laumeier’s unique partnership with St. Louis County Parks, highlighting the passion and hard work that goes into the care and maintenance of the Park. The exhibition represents Laumeier’s interest in representing a range of art forms in the Park, challenging traditional definitions of “sculpture.”
Dance is often seen as an art form constrained to the stage; however, this unique collaboration aims to provide and construct a new stage for dance. Based on the principle of movement, dance—like cinema—began as an art form centered on the human body, physical performance and communication through action and image. The film combines techniques of documentation and abstraction, pitting the real versus the performance and presenting a narrative that brings to the foreground that which is often overlooked. With their collaboration, Ćosić and McQueen demonstrate the pervasive affinities between these two mediums through play on the sounds of the environment and the performer as movable, kinetic sculpture by combining views of the micro and macro world of the Park, literally linking art and nature through the language of movement.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
SPECIAL THANKS
Laumeier Sculpture Park, Zlatko Ćosić, Rachel Ćosić, Don Gerling, Yvette Luedde, Tom Schweiss, Jesse & Alan Schilling, Michael Uthoff
Harmony in 3 is supported by St. Louis County Parks, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council, the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis, the Mark Twain Laumeier Endowment Fund. The Kranzberg Exhibition Series is generously supported by Nancy and Ken Kranzberg.
FILM CREDITS
Direction: Zlatko Ćosić
Art Direction: Zlatko Ćosić and Ashley McQueen
Choreography: Ashley McQueen
Dancers: Alexa Moore / Sarah Starkweather / Ellen Vierse
Lawnmower Drivers/Performers: Don Gerling / Yvette Luedde / Tom Schweiss
St. Louis County Parks Staff: Sharon Brown / John Corcoran / Pat Cotter / Gabe Cotton / Rich Edwards / Don Gerling / Josh Gerling / Tom Griffin / A.J. / Yvette Luedde / Ana Miller / Dave Miller / Bob Moritz / Tara Morton / Karen Mullen / Rich Neal / Dan Sachsenheimer / Tom Schweiss / Bud Spindler / Alex Stokes / Jenna Summers / Jason White / Greg York
Camera and Sound: Rachel and Zlatko Ćosić
Production Assistant: Rachel Ćosić
Music: Alan Schilling and Jesse Schilling
Editing: Zlatko Ćosić
Production: Eye Production