Fare Una Scenata

Fondazione Morra Greco/Naples, 2008 (…) During the opening of “Fare una scenata”, Dettmeier realized a new version of his series of performances entitled “Country Caraoke”. Dettmeier beautifully sings karaoke of some of his favourite Country tunes about tragic love relationship, intermittent with a short lecture about the catholic female role models that are peculiar to the so-called Spaghetti Western genre. Dettmeier’s performance includes a slide show of urban wastelands – some from Naples – which are practically the “Monument Valleys” of today, and a formalized “dance” interaction between Dettmeier and a video projection. All these elements – together with a simple stage set – form the work, which remained on display in a transformed state for the duration of the exhibition, including an artist book containing the material used in the performance lecture on the opening night. (…), catalogue text