RATIONAL ANIMAL
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Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, 2008




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"What am I? Shall I say 'a rational animal'? No, for then I would have to inquire what an 'animal' is and what 'rationality' is”  (Rene Descartes)

A good reason is one that looks like one. Desk. Speaker explaining sentential logic while beaten with branches. Video projection of speaker explaining sentential logic while having penis in mouth.

The artist treat a question like a disease. Soaking suit jacket in black paint. Entering construction. Whipping Le Mepris with paint. Video projection of pretentious dancing / spraying the walls in Vienna subway station.

I sensed that I have a body. Undressing. Epic guitar solo in front of landscape painting.

Transformation. Colourful wrestling suit. Aggressive repetition of the sentence: “If I perceive something clearly and distinctly, I cannot help believing it to be true.” Video projection of spontaneous striptease in  crowded club. Blondie singing “Fade away and radiate”.

Don’t want to be a boy, you want to be a man. Re-enter the now painted construction. Attempting to put paint soaked suit back on. Looking out at audience through window. Beat it cover karaoke.

Cutting desk in half. Silence. Mess.