I made a film of skin. 16mm clear film with tape attached to pieces of my skin from my hands and feet.

I often make things followed by intuition and curiosity. After the making, I question why. I felt that the film was holding a lot of value in it. What makes it so valuable for me? Is it because it is part of me? Or because the skin is not something you would easily get? Or that it caused me some pain? In the end, I couldn’t come to a clear conclusion about whether it was my ego valuing my skin so much or that it had some other value in it. I left it unanswered. However, I started questioning the value of different things around me and the value itself.

Performace scene:

I play pre-recorded voice of telling a story and sit down at the empty table.



(After the recording performance continues in writing).





The recording ends with the words “I wrapped the chocolate and put it in my bag”.

Now.

Live.

In the space.

I am sitting at the table in front of those who came.
I had the same bag next to me. On the right side of the table, on the floor.
When the pre-recorded voice said “I wrapped the chocolate and put it in my bag” I reached out to my bag and took it out now in the presence. Placed it on the table, and started unwraping it. I could smell the man on the paper and kept on thinking how long I had it with me unwrapped.

I started eating the chocolate.

It was hard to swallow and soon I started to sob.


 


   
Value is a choice.
Eating that chocolate changed the cycle of it.
I believe because of the circumstances many would see that the chocolate had no value at all. It made me understand the value. It became a part of my performance. It also gave me nutritional value and it was the only food I had that day.


Performace itself wasn’t recorded.