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I AM NOT MY BODY

Place: Künstlerhaus Dortmund

Date: -

Artists: Isabella Fürnkäs, Andrea Knobloch, Ayumi Paul, Jeannette Schnüttgen, Bettina Scholz, Jessica Maria Toliver, Jorinde Voigt, Thomas Zitzwitz

Curated by: Adriane Wachholz

Works: The Desiring Machines

Language reveals to us a profound insight: “I am not my body, I have a body.” As a consequence of the realization that the body is not one’s own person, the question arises as to the substance that animates the human being. The exhibition is dedicated to this question on the basis of the works of art on display. The focus is on exploring the factors that determine the creation of an image. Which energy flows lead to the picture? How or what brings the work to life? The exhibition explores the subtle levels and invisible spaces inherent in a work of art.

Isabella Fürnkäs explores the physical interstices between human and machine, masculinity and femininity. Drawing on Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze, she incorporates quotations that address the fluid processes of the body, its circulation, and its needs. It seems as though the "male thought" takes on a new form through the female voice of Moira Barrett—transformed and repositioned. The mind of the viewer and listener itself becomes a vessel in which a fluid web of its own thoughts emerges. The floating, tranquil glass droplets appear to transform into fundamental human sensations, questioning their material nature. One thing is certain: we are not our feelings—they are merely a fragment of the infinite abundance of our consciousness.

- Text by Adriane Wachholz

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