Perception V (2021)

Von: Miriam Tiefenbrunner | 31. Juli 2024, 18:38

image I’m lying on the floor on my back in a black room, dressed all in black. I have a transparent plastic bag in my mouth, that shrinks and expands in the rhythm of me inhaling and exhaling. The plastic bag will be well-lighted in contrast to the rest of the scene.

photography 50x75 cm, performance score, sound installation
photo Christina Schmölz, courtesy Privatbesitz

„The artist should function as oxygen for society, giving a breath of air to existence.“ (Marina Abramović)

performance score, sound installation
I keep breathing into a plastic bag until all the oxygen is used up. This marks the end of the performance. Simultaneously, the audience can hear a loud voice-over of me hyperventilating.

Wird sich das Publikum der Gefahr, der ich mich aussetze, bewusst sein? Was passiert, wenn ich und meine Mitakteur*innen bis zum Ende durchhalten? Ist es moralisch und ethisch Vertretbar das Publikum einer solchen Situation auszusetzen? Kann ich das Konzept als nicht performten Score zum Werk erheben?

Perception V focuses on respiration, a mechanism that is carried out unconsciously in our everyday life. Many cultures assume that the physical, mental, and psychological dimension are inevitably linked to respiration, which usually is hardly accessible by the logos. Hyperventilation can therefore often be encountered as a symptom of panic or anxiety attacks. The physically expanding inhalation from the outside in, represents activity in the form of taking in oxygen. On the opposite side, there is the contracting, isolating exhalation. Between those pauses evolves a connecting cycle, breathing as a sociologically resonant form of communication between the inside and outside world. The audible panic hyperventilation as a life-affirming act meets the physical hypoventilation representing a memento mori.

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