Duration: 7 Hours
Location: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The second instalment of the MORTALS series, this piece is a retelling of The Flaying of Marsyas, a scene from Greek mythology in which Marsyas, a satyr, challenges Apollo to a music contest and, in losing, is condemned to be flayed alive for his arrogance. The scene was most famously depicted in a 16, th century painting by Titian, but my inspiration lies in a particular sculpture in the Louvre (Sully wing, ground floor, room 348; located ~40m east of the Venus de Milo).
Over the course of the performance, my body gradually became covered in cane sugar syrup, immobilizing it. An original composition by Personal JJesus was interspersed with 5 minute interludes of silence, which was filled with the sound of my amplified heartbeat and breath in real time, picked up by a modified stethoscope integrated into the ropes.
Created, directed and performed by Miles Greenberg
Commissioned by Rein Wolfs for the Stedelijk Museum IMC Gallery of Honour
Curated by:
Melanie Buehler
Production Design:
Elena Seegers & Simon de Dreuille
Production Lead:
Hidde van Greuningen
Shibari:
Hua Hua
Makeup:
Agathe Mazzini
Studio Management:
Yell Freeman & 291 Agency
Robotics:
AATB
Costume Design:
Ludovic de Saint Sernin
Additonal Camera Work:
Jean Paul Paula & Jasper Rischen
Photography:
LNDW Studio
Soundtrack:
Personal JJesus
Location: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The second instalment of the MORTALS series, this piece is a retelling of The Flaying of Marsyas, a scene from Greek mythology in which Marsyas, a satyr, challenges Apollo to a music contest and, in losing, is condemned to be flayed alive for his arrogance. The scene was most famously depicted in a 16, th century painting by Titian, but my inspiration lies in a particular sculpture in the Louvre (Sully wing, ground floor, room 348; located ~40m east of the Venus de Milo).
Over the course of the performance, my body gradually became covered in cane sugar syrup, immobilizing it. An original composition by Personal JJesus was interspersed with 5 minute interludes of silence, which was filled with the sound of my amplified heartbeat and breath in real time, picked up by a modified stethoscope integrated into the ropes.
Created, directed and performed by Miles Greenberg
Commissioned by Rein Wolfs for the Stedelijk Museum IMC Gallery of Honour
Curated by:
Melanie Buehler
Production Design:
Elena Seegers & Simon de Dreuille
Production Lead:
Hidde van Greuningen
Shibari:
Hua Hua
Makeup:
Agathe Mazzini
Studio Management:
Yell Freeman & 291 Agency
Robotics:
AATB
Costume Design:
Ludovic de Saint Sernin
Additonal Camera Work:
Jean Paul Paula & Jasper Rischen
Photography:
LNDW Studio
Soundtrack:
Personal JJesus