Duration: 7.5 Hours
Location: Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Lisa Botti on the occasion of the 60th Biennale Arte.
Five arrows pierced through my skin as i stand on a stone from Lido, rotating at 1 RPM while being caressed by four robot-mounted cameras, capturing my body in slow motion in video and 3D scans. Sugar syrup drips from the ceiling, melting my makeup and accumulating, gradually impairing movement. After eight hours, my mother comes and removes the arrows from my body.
In an adjacent room, a ‘stolen’ relic — a 3D printed scale replica of one of Andrea Brustolon’s most (in)famous blackamoor ebony carvings, 3D scanned and reproduced without permission from Ca’ Rezzonico museum, across the grand canal.
Created, directed and performed by Miles Greenberg
Co-starring Phoebe Greenberg
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Lisa Botti
Presented by Neue Nationalgalerie and Museum Berggruen in partnership with Gallerie Dell’Accademia
Produced and supported by Villa Eugenie and Botanical Agency
Custom garments and supported by Cerruti 1881 by Daniel Kearns styled by Julie Ragolia
Original soundtrack by Personal JJesus
Soundsystem and additional support from KEF Global
Makeup by Hugo Villard
Hair by Maria Gracia
Piercing by Oceane Springinsfeld
Robotics engineered by AATB
Arrows engineered by Chris Habana
Studio management Yell Freeman
Thanks to additional support from Slobodan Randjelović and Jon L. Stryker and the Thomas Rom Foundation.
Location: Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Lisa Botti on the occasion of the 60th Biennale Arte.
Five arrows pierced through my skin as i stand on a stone from Lido, rotating at 1 RPM while being caressed by four robot-mounted cameras, capturing my body in slow motion in video and 3D scans. Sugar syrup drips from the ceiling, melting my makeup and accumulating, gradually impairing movement. After eight hours, my mother comes and removes the arrows from my body.
In an adjacent room, a ‘stolen’ relic — a 3D printed scale replica of one of Andrea Brustolon’s most (in)famous blackamoor ebony carvings, 3D scanned and reproduced without permission from Ca’ Rezzonico museum, across the grand canal.
Created, directed and performed by Miles Greenberg
Co-starring Phoebe Greenberg
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Lisa Botti
Presented by Neue Nationalgalerie and Museum Berggruen in partnership with Gallerie Dell’Accademia
Produced and supported by Villa Eugenie and Botanical Agency
Custom garments and supported by Cerruti 1881 by Daniel Kearns styled by Julie Ragolia
Original soundtrack by Personal JJesus
Soundsystem and additional support from KEF Global
Makeup by Hugo Villard
Hair by Maria Gracia
Piercing by Oceane Springinsfeld
Robotics engineered by AATB
Arrows engineered by Chris Habana
Studio management Yell Freeman
Thanks to additional support from Slobodan Randjelović and Jon L. Stryker and the Thomas Rom Foundation.