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-With my project I aim at adressing the issue of dwelling in the unbreakable bubbles of different Umwelts. At the same time I am strongly interested in finding ways to question hierarchies that are manifested between the human and the non-human.
+[[File:sketchMMller.jpg]]
-I want to provide the space for a non-human organism (probably physarum polysephalum) to grow – preferably a whole room will provide the medium for it. The goal is to investigate to what extent the organism can open up towards me and to what extend I can open up towards the organism, to make our bubbles overlap.
+'''The Idea'''
-The spreading of the organism in the space will be captured (preferably) in 360° and then made accessible as a VR Environment. Via the two modes of perception of the space – as physical and as virtual environment – our situatedness in an Umwelt, that is always framed in a certain way, is emphasized. I want to find out what it means to experience the same space, inhabited by the same organisms in two different modes of perception at the same time.
+The live performance aims at a reflection upon hierarchical structures that are manifested between human and non-human actors.
+I want to hand over control (which is not possible completely of course – since I take over the role of the creator of an art piece) to the unicellular live-form of physarum polysephalum (a.k.a. slime mould).
+I will take over the task to provide an environment for the slime mould to grow in. The space I create will be handed over to the slime mould with the agency to interact in it. Also, I will provide its nutrition to survive. I will offer my body to the organism to feed on, if it likes to.
-An idea yet to be evaluated for practicality is the presence of my body in the room. I might rehearse ways of confrontation of my body with the organism. Also in order to question modes of control between me, as a human, and my non-human co-performer I want to research about the organism’s needs to survive and its sources of nutrition. Could it potentially eat me?
+'''Technical Solution'''
+First of all I had to get to know the slime mould a bit and grow it in smaller scale environments in petri dishes.
+In the next step I am feeding it with different organic material that is harvested from my body.
+In another step I will try to set out the microorganism directly on my skin to see if it will grow.
+The goal is to increase the environment: What I can provide is a 114x70cm glass plate, covered in Medium. On different spots, pieces of physarum polysephalum will be placed.
+I will place my body on the plate and wait for the microorganisms to grow towards me and feed on me.
+The performance will probably take place over the course of one day (24 hours), with the possibility of a live audience to visit.
+'''Pictures/ Progress'''
+[[File:1638019157717.JPG|200px]] [[File:1638019121965.JPG|200px]] [[File:1638019080076.JPG|200px]]
+[[File:1638019070572.JPG|200px]] [[File:1638018993228.JPG|200px]] [[File:1638018950366.JPG|200px]]
+'''References'''
+*(Pickering: "Shared Habitats and Uexküll’s Bubble")
+*(Haraway: "The Companion Species Manifesto")
+*Tehching Hsieh, Linda Montano - Rope Piece (https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/06/16/for-a-year-they-lived-tied-together-with-8-feet-of-social-distance/)
+*Joseph Beuys - I liked america and america likes me, 1974 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9NWCOF0c5M&t=147s)
+*Phillippe Parreno (https://www.dw.com/de/philippe-parrenos-kunstwelten-in-berlin/av-44390810)
+*Vally Export - Tapp und Tastkino (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/159727)
+*Felix Gonzalez Torres (https://www.wikiart.org/de/felix-gonzalez-torres)
+*Marina Abramovic - Rhtythm 0 (https://vimeo.com/71952791)
+*Balthazar (https://vimeo.com/26256794)
+[[initial idea]]