Oskar Chmioła / Works and actions
Au(c)tor. Sketch for indywiduAkcja
Au(c)tor. Szkic do indywiduAkcji
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3. “Au(c)tor. A Sketch for IndywiduAkcja”, 2023, Psψchoperformance for the camera, approximately 17 minutes.
A still from the film Au(c)tor. A Sketch for IndywiduAkcja
At the exhibition it was shown on a 40-inch screen, adapted to the exhibition space, but it can also be displayed so that the viewer can stand within the projection and the animated map shown on the left can cover their body.
Psψchoperformance (that is, performance transforming psychic energy) presents the first stage of IndywiduAkcja (a processual series of psψchoperformances intended to bring about the artist’s inner transformation), in which Auktor (the artist as metaperformer) prepares for a journey intended to change his limited perception of himself and the world. The film shows the artist drawing an “inner map” on his own body and reading its geographical (in a humanistic sense) names. The accompanying sound further emphasizes the character of the individual places evoked by the performer.
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