See this performance art by Melati Suryodarmo at the museum* or watch the livestream via Zoom!
30.10.2021
About the Performance
Melati Suryodarmo Eins und Eins (2017) 3 hours performance
In this performance, the artist wears a black dress and white shoes, and holds a basin of black liquid which is the substitute of ink. She sips from the basin and spits out the ink. Her face becomes splattered with the black liquid. She groans deep gutteral sounds of despair.
Eins und Eins (2017) is inspired by Melati’s comparison of a nation to a human body with functioning organs, where repressive conditions can result in the body holding onto aggression and unease before eventually physically purging these emotions in the form of nausea, vomit and excretion.
The result is strangely aesthetic and can be seen to draw on histories of ink painting and especially calligraphy with its underlying relationship to language. In the same way, a nation consisting of hundreds of millions of oppressed people with restricted rights tends to produce a similarly explosive reaction in the form of a rebellion or revolution.
How to Watch the Performance Art
Eins und Eins (2017) is part of the performance series within the exhibition 'Melati Suryodarmo: Why Let the Chicken Run?' at Museum MACAN.
Saturday, 30 October 2021 at 5 – 8 PM (GMT+7)
This performance can be seen at the museum by MACAN Society members and Patron only. Public audience can watch the performance through live streaming on Zoom.
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