DOLORES BOUCKAERT

Contents of the act

What we know

The body as some strange power and some electricity
The body as performer of previously defined project
Body as object influenced by different situations
Examing frontiers of pain
Examing frontiers of fear
Examing the instinct of selfdestuction
Examing the possibilities of getting the body into a state of trance
Carrying out the idea of switching personae for a certain time of period
Carrying out the idea of of draining the negative energy through killing
Carrying out the idea that through hypnosis, another person can become me in a certain situation

What we question

The body as representation and illusion
The body as performer of previously defined situations
Body as subject influenced by time in progression
Examining frontiers of fact
Examining frontiers of fiction
Examining the perversions of self-deliverance
Carrying out the idea of consciousness and subconsciousness simultaneously
Carrying out the idea of both of us as magic
Carrying out the idea that through repetition, a person can get killed

What we do

à bras qu'a d'abramovic
the act begins as a magic trick
the act ends when there is no more Magic
   nor trick

Performers:
Dolores Bouckaert & Kurt Vandendriessche