Johnny Amore is a German artist living and working in Berlin. He is a photographer and a performance artist. The performances began with readings of original poems he wrote and shared in public spaces, dressed in a white suit with a white hat. He does not call himself a performer though. He remains aware of his artist status. Is he an artist? What is an artist? He has, in any case, a tremendous talent for talking, and has certainly the rare performing qualities of the stage performer: the presence, the voice and the gesture. In many ways, you can easily mistake him for a famous actor... Could be one of his next performances?
Johnny Amore at An Artist Talks part one
He has a great presence and sens of humor. He describes simply the way he develops his ideas and process of working. The photography began with a series of self portraits, and today he is preparing portraits of performance artists. He knows many, and naturally, has opportunities to take pictures, after or before their performances.
Johnny Amore at An Artist Talks part two
He has been working since his Super Heroe theme with Finnland, a country where he feels comfortable and fits well. He confides, that he has a special relationship to Finnland, since his childhood. He went on holidays with his parents to visits friends. Later he discovered there, a great performance scene, and today still, he works with Finnish artists.
The performance "7 for the price of 1" was a series of 7 performances, done travelling from Germany to Holland, with a crew of artists, the performers were from Finnland. He tries to explored the concept of creating value, and investigates the perception of value of performative art, and how to create value within the performance...
He seems always very joyful, although the themes he choses are very serious. He is now on his way to North Hampton, England, for an exhibiton, he is taking part in.
Check out :
www.the-superhero.blogspot.com
www.johnnyamore.de/ -
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