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The live performance aims at a reflection upon hierarchical structures that are manifested between human and non-human actors. | The live performance aims at a reflection upon hierarchical structures that are manifested between human and non-human actors. | ||
I want to hand over control (which is not possible completely of course – since I take over the role of the creator of an art piece) to the unicellular live-form of physarum | I want to hand over control (which is not possible completely of course – since I take over the role of the creator of an art piece) to the unicellular live-form of physarum polysephalum (a.k.a. slime mould). | ||
I will take over the task to provide an environment for the slime mould to grow in. The space I create will be handed over to the slime mould with the agency to interact in it. Also, I will provide its nutrition to survive. I will offer my body to the organism to feed on, if it likes to. | I will take over the task to provide an environment for the slime mould to grow in. The space I create will be handed over to the slime mould with the agency to interact in it. Also, I will provide its nutrition to survive. I will offer my body to the organism to feed on, if it likes to. | ||
'''Technical Solution''' | '''Technical Solution''' | ||
First of all I had to get to know the slime mould a bit and grow it in smaller scale environments in | First of all I had to get to know the slime mould a bit and grow it in smaller scale environments in petri dishes. | ||
In the next step I am feeding it with different organic material that is harvested from my body. | In the next step I am feeding it with different organic material that is harvested from my body. | ||
In another step I will try to set out the microorganism directly on my skin to see if it will grow. | In another step I will try to set out the microorganism directly on my skin to see if it will grow. | ||
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I will place my body on the plate and wait for the microorganisms to grow towards me and feed on me. | I will place my body on the plate and wait for the microorganisms to grow towards me and feed on me. | ||
The performance will probably take place over the course of one day (24 hours), with the possibility of a live audience to visit. | The performance will probably take place over the course of one day (24 hours), with the possibility of a live audience to visit. | ||
'''Pictures/ Progress''' | |||
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'''References''' | |||
*(Pickering: "Shared Habitats and Uexküll’s Bubble") | |||
*(Haraway: "The Companion Species Manifesto") | |||
*Tehching Hsieh, Linda Montano - Rope Piece (https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/06/16/for-a-year-they-lived-tied-together-with-8-feet-of-social-distance/) | |||
*Joseph Beuys - I liked america and america likes me, 1974 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9NWCOF0c5M&t=147s) | |||
*Phillippe Parreno (https://www.dw.com/de/philippe-parrenos-kunstwelten-in-berlin/av-44390810) | |||
*Vally Export - Tapp und Tastkino (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/159727) | |||
*Felix Gonzalez Torres (https://www.wikiart.org/de/felix-gonzalez-torres) | |||
*Marina Abramovic - Rhtythm 0 (https://vimeo.com/71952791) | |||
*Balthazar (https://vimeo.com/26256794) | |||
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