INJECT

PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 2010 / HONORARY MENTION

A HUMAN BODY IS INJECTED IN A CISTERN. OVER THE COURSE OF 45 MINUTES, THE PRESSURE OF THE LIQUID EXERTS UPON HIM MULTIPLE NEUROSENSORIAL TRANSFORMATIONS. FROM HIS EPIDERMAL FIBER TO HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM, HE REACTS TO INFLUXES OF VISCOSITY IN THIS LIQUID CHAMBER. HIS CORTEX, LACKING OXYGEN, GRADUALLY LOSES ALL NOTIONS OF THE REAL. LIKE A HUMAN GUINEA PIG: A MATTER-BODY WHOSE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES ARE THE OBJECT OF KINETIK TABLEAUX, OF SINGULAR TEMPORAL SPACES.
THE GENESIS OF THE PRINCIPAL VISUAL MATERIAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS A SHOOT, IN AN IMMENSE CISTERN FILLED WITH WATER, WHICH LASTED SIX CONSECUTIVE DAYS. YSO HAD TO BE IMMERSED FOR OVER EIGHT HOURS A DAY IN THE GLASS TANK, OSCILLATING BETWEEN WEIGHTLESSNESS AND LACK OF OXYGEN. WITH THE AID OF VARIOUS DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS KOLGEN ASSEMBLED MANY SERIES OF TEMPORAL SEQUENCES, IMAGES THAT HE THEN ASSEMBLED INTO A FLEXIBLE AND MODULAR BODY. IT’S A MATTER OF A NARRATIVE PROGRESSION, IN PERPETUAL CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE AND MOVEMENT, WHERE THE REAL IS IN DISLOCATION.
INJECT IS A MODULAR PERFORMANCE IN VIDEO HD FORMAT AND MULTICHANNEL AUDIO.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES:::
TAIPEI_TAICHUNG_BRUXELLES_
FRANCE_MONTREAL_URUGUAY_ARGENTINA_PORTUGAL_ENGHEIN
ESPAGNE_ITALIA_AUTRIA_PHILIPPINES_NETHERLAND_GERMANY

CO-PRODUCTION
KOLGEN + ARCADI + CONSEIL DES ARTS CANADA