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 Mara Kurotschka, choreographer, born 1968 in Karlsruhe,
lives and works in Berlin
⁄⁄ Beijing Moves, 2005
video installation
 In developing Beijing, the distances which bodies have to
traverse are extending both horizontally and vertically,
and to a massive extent. In order to overcome these stretches,
means of transportation have to be resorted to. The bicycle,
which was the primary means of transportation for
a long time, is frequently being 'overtaken' (though not in a
literal sense) by underground trains, busses and private
vehicles. In reality, the huge increase of private cars, especially
during the long rush-hour traffic, has meanwhile led
to traffic jams on Beijing's ring roads so that the creeping
and, in the worse case, completely stopped cars are overtaken
by the traditional cyclists ⁄⁄ ... ⁄⁄
Catalogue excerpt, by Mara Kurotschka
Works in the exhibition: Beijing Moves, 2005, video installation with 12 small stools, measurement variable; loan of the artist
© Mara Kurotschka
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