OLAF NICOLAI — Every Day At Noon... (lp 2x12")

Posters announce a daily action: A professional marksman shoots daily at 12 o’clock from a distance of approximately 15 meters at a paper flower. The number of shots is limited to a maximum of three per day. Upon a hit, the flower is replaced by a new one, the action ends and is continued the next day with a new flower. The bullet holes in the wall are not removed. The flowers remain lying on the floor until the end of the exhibition or event and are then given away. Posters are produced in color variants (yellow, orange, red, violet, light blue, green) to advertise the action: Every day at noon a professional marksman will shot at a paper flower (place of action to be filled in). This performance was first presented at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh in November and December 1999 and subsequently repeated (Aberystwyth, London, Nottingham, 2000 – 2002 and Langenhagen, 2007). The action will be re-staged as part of the Klang Moor Schopfe Festival in Gais, September 4 –14, 2025.