MARIOS STAMATIS
APEX BODY (w/ Lea Collet)
VIDEO INSTALLATION, 2019
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Apex Body is a video performance conceived for Swamp Protocol, a video compression made by 18 artists. The video presents a collective of friends — the Millennials — isolated in a post-apocalyptic setting, taking part in a digital ritual. In between rugby movements, erotic flower eating and collective hugging, the performers dance a trancelike ceremonial togetherness. They wear a mix of Decathlon hunting clothes collection and digital sportswear. On their face, glitter make up overlap with silver tears. The editing of the video is convulsive, involving layering of effects and affect. What matters now is the connection, the difficult and complex relationship of the individual to technological means, allowing new modes of joint affective living.
In collaboration with Lea Collet.
Originally presented at Most Dismal Swamp.
Curated by Dane Sutherland.
Arebyte, London, 2019.
