Title: The Other Skin
Year: 2022
Medium: Performance
Duration: 6 hours

Location: Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany.

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Description:

 

The performance 'The Other Skin' was a part of the public program of the 'DAVRA' collective for documenta15. The primary medium employed during the performance was plasticine, a material typically used by children. Its capacity for continuous transformation mirrors Chilltans, forty shapeshifting spirits from Central Asia.

Like many children, I used to tell my parents about creatures inhabiting our house— entities they couldn't see. I find myself revisiting this moment when I ceased to perceive them.

Positioned before me were 40 glass jars, and taking plasticine from myself, I sculpted elusive creatures, sealing them within. This act prompted questions about their current whereabouts, potential dangers, or even imprisonment.

'The Other Skin' sought to explore the delicate boundary between reality and imagination, utilizing plasticine's adaptability to echo the fluid nature of perceptions.

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