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The Drowned World

2019

Installation - Performance, various materials

Bregenz, 2019



Borrowing the title from J. G. Ballard's apocalyptic novels from 1962, the performance "The Drowned Word" symbolically activates a drinking trough for cows connecting it to the ambiguous meaning of ‘well poisoning’, an age-old form of terror as well as a pretext to falsely blame foreigners and ethnic minorities.

The performance took place shortly after the European elections at the height of Matteo Salvini's racist campaign against immigrants.

A body floats in black putrid water–– black from hatred, indifference and contempt.

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