Ritual for indigestion
2023
Performance, 10 min
<Ritual for indigestion> is my part of a multi-media performance project <Office for unsolved issues> curated by five artists including me.
A woman with an unknown disease visits a shaman who can mediate communication with spiritual beings to discover the source of her suffering. The woman and shaman become mediums for the souls of each other and the frog, allowing them to comprehend the pain of other beings from their perspectives. The performance centers around the bodies of both human and non-human, contemplating on the immateriality of their connections.
The characters include a shaman, a woman who killed a frog for her pleasure, and two beings existing on the boundary between human and non-human. Through these characters, the <Ritual for indigestion> explores mythical, magical feminine power, and female violence, drawing attention to ruptures in existing structures.
The performance deliberately disrupts immersion with such as comical sound effects and unnecessarily long background music. The show concludes with performers disappearing into the audience, and the space filling up with frog sounds. This deliberate interference emphasizes various elements and the intricate network constituting the performance. Furthermore, it encourages imagination about magical ruptures in the traditions of modern self-obsession, anti-ecological sentiment, and male-centric humanistic norms.
2023
Performance, 10 min
<Ritual for indigestion> is my part of a multi-media performance project <Office for unsolved issues> curated by five artists including me.
A woman with an unknown disease visits a shaman who can mediate communication with spiritual beings to discover the source of her suffering. The woman and shaman become mediums for the souls of each other and the frog, allowing them to comprehend the pain of other beings from their perspectives. The performance centers around the bodies of both human and non-human, contemplating on the immateriality of their connections.
The characters include a shaman, a woman who killed a frog for her pleasure, and two beings existing on the boundary between human and non-human. Through these characters, the <Ritual for indigestion> explores mythical, magical feminine power, and female violence, drawing attention to ruptures in existing structures.
The performance deliberately disrupts immersion with such as comical sound effects and unnecessarily long background music. The show concludes with performers disappearing into the audience, and the space filling up with frog sounds. This deliberate interference emphasizes various elements and the intricate network constituting the performance. Furthermore, it encourages imagination about magical ruptures in the traditions of modern self-obsession, anti-ecological sentiment, and male-centric humanistic norms.
Performer Barbara Altmann, Hella Dräger, Lukas May-Floor, Mira Mazumdar
Sound Kai Bae
