Works: Merlin Spie

Alda Snopek

Danger//Do not feed

A polyester sculpture is enclosed in a timber chest. During the performance the artist breathes through a diving gear.
The title refers to the small signs one can read in a zoo.
The body of a man feed by material and/or spiritual ingredients, appears at a given moment thanks to external and internal sensory receivers, through artificial breathing, through the internal functioning of the organs. There are links and interconnections; the exchange of ‘food’ makes us get in and out of the body. The dimension of social responsibility can be seen and it questions the careless exhibiting of a creature with a soul.

Credits

Produced by: De Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 2006 Cedana Label – SPIE – FOTON, Brussel
Photo: Lieven Herreman, Fréderic Vercruysse, Kris van Damme