Breaking the Normal Flow of Time / 2021
With disconnected electrical cords, the work Breaking the Normal Flow of Time conveys an imaginative sudden cutoff from the electricity supply, leading to a slowing down of the fast-paced, technology-driven life of our time. Electricity also symbolizes the connection between mind and body. Inspired by EMS body massage pads, which use electrical stimulation to make muscles react involuntarily, the piece explores this unseen force.
Resting in a relaxed posture with massage pads stuck to the artist’s back, the artist pondered the magic of electrical signals that enable communication in the brain. From the time we were fetuses, our brains have been powered by small electrical voltages. Neurons generate these signals through chemical substances called neurotransmitters. This fascination with electricity also echoes the artist’s favorite 90s TV show, Twin Peaks, directed by David Lynch and Mark Frost, where the motif of E-LEC-TRICI-TY serves as a powerful thread that connects and reconnects realities, unknown dimensions, fantasies, and consciousness.
Resting in a relaxed posture with massage pads stuck to the artist’s back, the artist pondered the magic of electrical signals that enable communication in the brain. From the time we were fetuses, our brains have been powered by small electrical voltages. Neurons generate these signals through chemical substances called neurotransmitters. This fascination with electricity also echoes the artist’s favorite 90s TV show, Twin Peaks, directed by David Lynch and Mark Frost, where the motif of E-LEC-TRICI-TY serves as a powerful thread that connects and reconnects realities, unknown dimensions, fantasies, and consciousness.
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