- City
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Year
- 2019, 2021
Yann Marussich is a unique character in performance art through works that have a disturbing and provocative impact on the audience
Since 2000, Marussich has devoted himself exclusively to performance. In 2001, he choreographed Bleu Provisoire, his first completely immobile piece. Since then he has been developing his work in introspection and the control of immobility while exposing his body to diverse solicitations, or even aggressions.
In 2008, he won the Ars Electronica prize in the category Hybrid Art. He was an associate artist at the Théâtre du Grütli in Geneva for the 2010 – 2011 season. In November 2017, Marussich presented 12 minutes et 34 secondes pour battre la brèche at the Théâtre du Galpon in Geneva. This performance has marked the beginning of his cycle of work around concrete, which also includes Le Festin du béton, El Cubo (created in 2019 as part of a residency in Montevideo, Uruguay) and Le toucher (presented in 2020 at le Grütli, Geneva). During these performances, the artist is literally cast in concrete.
At the same time, Marussich is also developing L’Homme-Béton, which is a transversal project: performances, video performances, writing and drawings. As a multi-faceted artist, Marussich also dedicates himself to writing, engraving and drawing. He is the author of several works including « Notes d’inemploi (de la performance) » (2012), « Experience of immobility » (2015), « Le festin du béton » (2017), « Poèmes passés à la bétonneuse » (2018). Since 2018, he has been exploring new artistic possibilities with the creation of video-performances.
In 2019, Yann Marussich was awarded the Collide Geneva Dance Residency Award.
