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Eloise Fornieles
dal 14/1/2010 al 16/1/2010

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14/1/2010

Eloise Fornieles

Haunch of Venison, Berlin

'Carrion' is the artist's Berlin debut and is the concluding chapter of her dramatic trilogy of performances, following 'Senescence' and 'From the Deep Waters of Sleep' (both 2007). In this 72-hour performance, Fornieles engages with violence and consumption. In a land strewn with discarded clothes stands a skeleton building in which Fornieles presides, guarding over an animal carcass.


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Haunch of Venison is delighted to announce the performance installation 'Carrion' by British artist Eloise Fornieles in January 2010. 'Carrion' is the artist’s Berlin debut and is the concluding chapter of her dramatic trilogy of performances, following 'Senescence' and 'From the Deep Waters of Sleep' (both 2007).

In this 72-hour performance, Fornieles engages with violence and consumption. In a land strewn with discarded clothes stands a skeleton building in which Fornieles presides, guarding over an animal carcass. For the duration of the performance Fornieles will consume no food, while she lances the hanging meat with messages of apology collected from the audience, in a gesture that combines the protest of the hunger strike with a bowing to Western body-idealism.

Fornieles’ performances combine installations of a sensual and immersive nature with an uneasy voyeurism to create a dramatic environment of heightened meaning. At the centre of each of her performances, Fornieles engages in a ritualistic task that places her in a painful or vulnerable situation. Spectators are invited to communicate or contribute in their own individual way, transforming the singular act into a collective event.

Compounding the difficulty in accepting simple ritualistic attempts to obtain absolution is the active, voyeuristic presence of two cameramen who will also take part in the performance, as both witnesses and documentary makers. Circling the space in quasi-military costumes – designed for the performance by artist and costume designer Kirstie MacLeod – the cameramen resemble vultures, alluding to the symbiotic yet problematic relationship between photographers and their subjects and further highlighting the manner in which individuals are sacrificed to the power of the image, feeding society’s voracious appetite for visual consumption.

'Carrion' was performed at Paradise Row, London, in March 2008 and at Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, in February 2009. The footage of the performance was screened at Tate Modern in May 2008.

Performance:
15 January, 17.00-21.00
16, 17 January, 11.00-18.00

Haunch of Venison
Heidestrasse 46 - Berlin

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