Metabolism Of Forms

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Live Solo Performance based on a hypertext that consists of five characters, one live on stage and four filmed characters. The action is structured as an interplay of the live with the mediated, the live performer on stage interacts with his doubles; with live organisms that represent a section of society. Men or Animals, these creature embark on a contest of forms. The artist creates a simulation of a workshop and the audience responds by actively reviewing the performing qualities of the actors, both live and mediated. The main character becomes the instructor of these figures, in his attempt to disorientate the audience and stimulate doubt. The performer oscillates between the life of a human and that of an animal, dressed with garments made of fishes, food, vegetables, lobsters, prawns and octopuses. These live organisms overlap with each other like the different texts and songs, while the central figure metabolises them into new forms of existence. The Hunterian Museum's focus on medical and anatomical studies becomes the site of this exploration into different facets of live form. ARTIST Filippos Tsitsopoulos CURATED BY Sozita Goudouna PRODUCTION Out of the Box Intermedia is a non-profit interdisciplinary arts organization actively committed to the research, development and presentation of site-responsive and intermedia projects. The organization aims to promote international exchange of practice and knowledge in the arts (visual and sound art, dance, architecture, theatre), to research on the methods used in theatre and curatorial practices and to investigate points of intersection between the arts and the public sphere by means of interventions, collective actions, educational programmes and publications http://outoftheboxintermedia.org/ SUPPORTED BY TEMPUS ARTI http://metabolismoforms.wordpress.com/