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ALAIN-MARTIN RICHARD

Sei

2004

Biography

 

Alain-Martin Richard lives and works in Quebec City. Specializing in manoeuvres and performance, he has presented his works in North America, Europe and Asia. He is also active as a curator, critic and essayist. He has published numerous articles on theatre, performance, installation and manoeuvres. A former member of the collective Inter/Le Lieu and The Nomads, he is now involved with Les Causes perdues and Folie/Culture. His productions often unfold on multiple planes of reality, as in Atopie textuelle (2000) and The Road to Rosa (2006).

 

 

About the work

 

This video performance was created for La Minute Vidéo Folie/Culture in 2004, whose theme was “Prescription.” The dictates of everyday morality have become an affliction. According to right-thinking people, we must always do this or that. Imagine the effect over a lifetime. The injunction sei, in German, is equivalent to the English imperative be: be kind, be on time, be proud, be strong. So go on—be happy!