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-321 °F | in sarcophago vivum aeri, installation view at St. James Hatcham Building G03, Goldsmiths, University of London, Jun 2021
works shown in the image (from left to right): Archive, ◑, Milieu in|ex|térieur, and
in sarcophago vivum aeri 1̵̨̥͇͚̽͗́3̵̰̆̈3̵̥̝͈̤̙͕̈͋̀͛͝͝͝͝°̵̤̩̓̇ͅ ̷̲͛7̵͈̃9̵̗̳͔͕̮̻̟̓̈̀̕.̸̗̀̀̈́̐͆̈́͝5̷͇̰͇͉̗̝͑̿1̴̢̡̖͙̓͒͒́̒̎5̴͖͕̗͙̿̍̂̈̑́̈́̒̕͜ ̷̺̿̉͠N̶͉̗͚̍̀͗̀͝͝ ̴̧͉̝̽̊̓͐͠0̷̢̩̥̝̣͔̼̲͐̄͂͗͌1̸͕̈2̶̺̠͍͈͙͍̻͕̾̀̈͊̀°̵̘͗͋͂͛̅͒̌ͅ ̶̺͕̘̱̮̅̍͊̃͛̓9̸̨̩̱͕̥͚̲̩̀̌̄͜͝͝0̴͇͍̲̰͇̩̪̆̍̽̌͝.̷͖͛̓͆͠7̸̡̬͓͎͛́̈͗̓̐͆͗̚9̸͍̦̍7̷̮̯̱͈͖̱̰̓͛͒͛̿̈́͘͘ ̵̢̬̗̣̥̻̭̙͙͋̏͌Ë̴̠̣͚̥̙̣͙́̽͋̑̈̎̌͊ͅ
Sculpture, installation, live art, archive
2021 (ongoing)
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in sarcophago vivum aeri
June 2021
Sculpture
L175*W60*H50 CM
Microcrystalline wax, glass wax, 390 litres of reverse osmosis filtrated dyed onyx coloured seawater from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E (undisclosed, 'nonexistent' location at sea)
Sculpture
L175*W60*H50 CM
Microcrystalline wax, glass wax, 390 litres of reverse osmosis filtrated dyed onyx coloured seawater from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E (undisclosed, 'nonexistent' location at sea)
The transportation of water was temporarily delayed by the global pandemic and the changes in trade policies for export from the EU.
The wax sculpture and icicle suspension could be seen as a single work or as two separate pieces.
-321 °F (ver. 170621)
May 2021
Dimensions variable (icicles), L47.5*W58*H85 CM (freezer)
Seawater icicles made of water transported from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E, freezer
Dimensions variable (icicles), L47.5*W58*H85 CM (freezer)
Seawater icicles made of water transported from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E, freezer
Viewers are free to open the freezer to inspect what is inside.
1̵̨̥͇͚̽͗́3̵̰̆̈3̵̥̝͈̤̙͕̈͋̀͛͝͝͝͝°̵̤̩̓̇ͅ ̷̲͛7̵͈̃9̵̗̳͔͕̮̻̟̓̈̀̕.̸̗̀̀̈́̐͆̈́͝5̷͇̰͇͉̗̝͑̿1̴̢̡̖͙̓͒͒́̒̎5̴͖͕̗͙̿̍̂̈̑́̈́̒̕͜ ̷̺̿̉͠N̶͉̗͚̍̀͗̀͝͝ ̴̧͉̝̽̊̓͐͠0̷̢̩̥̝̣͔̼̲͐̄͂͗͌1̸͕̈2̶̺̠͍͈͙͍̻͕̾̀̈͊̀°̵̘͗͋͂͛̅͒̌ͅ ̶̺͕̘̱̮̅̍͊̃͛̓9̸̨̩̱͕̥͚̲̩̀̌̄͜͝͝0̴͇͍̲̰͇̩̪̆̍̽̌͝.̷͖͛̓͆͠7̸̡̬͓͎͛́̈͗̓̐͆͗̚9̸͍̦̍7̷̮̯̱͈͖̱̰̓͛͒͛̿̈́͘͘ ̵̢̬̗̣̥̻̭̙͙͋̏͌Ë̴̠̣͚̥̙̣͙́̽͋̑̈̎̌͊ͅ
June 2021
Live art
Duration: Continuous
Dimensions variable
Seawater icicle made of water transported from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E, ceiling suspension, stainless steel cable ropes
Live art
Duration: Continuous
Dimensions variable
Seawater icicle made of water transported from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E, ceiling suspension, stainless steel cable ropes
The icicle gradually melts over time and drips water into the sarcophagus, which is in sarcophago vivum aeri (June 2021).
The wax sculpture and icicle suspension could be seen as a single work or as two separate pieces.
◑
May 2021
Dimensions variable
Microcrystalline wax, glass wax, crystal glass beaded chains, steel chains, torchlights.
Dimensions variable
Microcrystalline wax, glass wax, crystal glass beaded chains, steel chains, torchlights.
Archive
May 2021
L119.5*W29.5CM (LED panel), Dimensions variable (bulletin board)
Photographic images on acetate film, giclée print, research articles, news reports on Essex lorry deaths incident and the lawsuit against the cryonic organisation, cryonic organisation brochure, stainless steel laboratory scissor jack stand, double ocular loupe, sand and small stones caught in the steel structure of the IBC, ceiling suspension, stainless steel cable ropes, LED panel, bulletin board
L119.5*W29.5CM (LED panel), Dimensions variable (bulletin board)
Photographic images on acetate film, giclée print, research articles, news reports on Essex lorry deaths incident and the lawsuit against the cryonic organisation, cryonic organisation brochure, stainless steel laboratory scissor jack stand, double ocular loupe, sand and small stones caught in the steel structure of the IBC, ceiling suspension, stainless steel cable ropes, LED panel, bulletin board
Milieu in|ex|térieur
June 2021
Dimensions variable
(Dark coloured areas on the map at the bottom of this page) Splashes of dyed seawater (transported from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E) on the floor inside the room and in the courtyard
Dimensions variable
(Dark coloured areas on the map at the bottom of this page) Splashes of dyed seawater (transported from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E) on the floor inside the room and in the courtyard
IBC 1000 K 150.50-UN
May 2021
L120*W100*H116 CM
1000L intermediate bulk container (IBC), 610-litre reverse osmosis filtrated seawater from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E, recycled polypropylene nestable pallet (used in transporting the IBC)
L120*W100*H116 CM
1000L intermediate bulk container (IBC), 610-litre reverse osmosis filtrated seawater from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E, recycled polypropylene nestable pallet (used in transporting the IBC)
2021
Performance
Documentation of an action spanning 6 hours
Single-channel video
21 minutes, looped
Performance
Documentation of an action spanning 6 hours
Single-channel video
21 minutes, looped
2021
Performance documentation
L15.4*W11.3 CM
Polaroid photographs, giclée print
Performance documentation
L15.4*W11.3 CM
Polaroid photographs, giclée print
‘-321 °F | in sarcophago vivum aeri’ is a body of work catalysed by the intermingling strands of real-life events reflective of the surreal era of 2010~2200~∞. Some of these events — Alcor v. Pilgerman et al. (2015~2020)¹ and Essex lorry deaths incident (2019)², among others — may have trans-spatiotemporally informed each other in the parallel of their visceral, tragic aftermaths caused by cryopreservation³ and/or refrigeration. Engineered to preserve goods and human bodies for potential revival⁴ in a more technologically advanced era, cryopreservation and refrigeration in these cases ironically became what prematurely ended lives or possibly deprived one of any chance of living another.
The installation features the condensation from the immaterial to material, from events to material evidence and vestiges, from the real to the parafictionalised. Exploring the liminal space between life, death, and beyond, biotechnological processes, necropolitics, abjection, and collective diasporic experiences linked with my own peripatetic family history, the work reflects on the trajectories and struggle of bodies victimised by ideologies, in transgression, across systems of governance and bodies of water; aided, prostheticised, sabotaged, and/or eternalised by technologies and the technoscientific imaginary. It is dedicated to all the bodies that have been found and lost in the sea and beyond, the diasporic, and ‘us’.
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in sarcophago vivum aeri 1̵̨̥͇͚̽͗́3̵̰̆̈3̵̥̝͈̤̙͕̈͋̀͛͝͝͝͝°̵̤̩̓̇ͅ ̷̲͛7̵͈̃9̵̗̳͔͕̮̻̟̓̈̀̕.̸̗̀̀̈́̐͆̈́͝5̷͇̰͇͉̗̝͑̿1̴̢̡̖͙̓͒͒́̒̎5̴͖͕̗͙̿̍̂̈̑́̈́̒̕͜ ̷̺̿̉͠N̶͉̗͚̍̀͗̀͝͝ ̴̧͉̝̽̊̓͐͠0̷̢̩̥̝̣͔̼̲͐̄͂͗͌1̸͕̈2̶̺̠͍͈͙͍̻͕̾̀̈͊̀°̵̘͗͋͂͛̅͒̌ͅ ̶̺͕̘̱̮̅̍͊̃͛̓9̸̨̩̱͕̥͚̲̩̀̌̄͜͝͝0̴͇͍̲̰͇̩̪̆̍̽̌͝.̷͖͛̓͆͠7̸̡̬͓͎͛́̈͗̓̐͆͗̚9̸͍̦̍7̷̮̯̱͈͖̱̰̓͛͒͛̿̈́͘͘ ̵̢̬̗̣̥̻̭̙͙͋̏͌Ë̴̠̣͚̥̙̣͙́̽͋̑̈̎̌͊ͅ,
installation view, Jun 2021
1̵̨̥͇͚̽͗́3̵̰̆̈3̵̥̝͈̤̙͕̈͋̀͛͝͝͝͝°̵̤̩̓̇ͅ ̷̲͛7̵͈̃9̵̗̳͔͕̮̻̟̓̈̀̕.̸̗̀̀̈́̐͆̈́͝5̷͇̰͇͉̗̝͑̿1̴̢̡̖͙̓͒͒́̒̎5̴͖͕̗͙̿̍̂̈̑́̈́̒̕͜ ̷̺̿̉͠N̶͉̗͚̍̀͗̀͝͝ ̴̧͉̝̽̊̓͐͠0̷̢̩̥̝̣͔̼̲͐̄͂͗͌1̸͕̈2̶̺̠͍͈͙͍̻͕̾̀̈͊̀°̵̘͗͋͂͛̅͒̌ͅ ̶̺͕̘̱̮̅̍͊̃͛̓9̸̨̩̱͕̥͚̲̩̀̌̄͜͝͝0̴͇͍̲̰͇̩̪̆̍̽̌͝.̷͖͛̓͆͠7̸̡̬͓͎͛́̈͗̓̐͆͗̚9̸͍̦̍7̷̮̯̱͈͖̱̰̓͛͒͛̿̈́͘͘ ̵̢̬̗̣̥̻̭̙͙͋̏͌Ë̴̠̣͚̥̙̣͙́̽͋̑̈̎̌͊ͅ, Jun 2021
in sarcophago vivum aeri, Jun 2021
in sarcophago vivum aeri (detail), Jun 2021
Archive, installation view pt. I, Jun 2021
Archive, installation view pt. II, Jun 2021
◑, installation view pt. I, Jun 2021
◑, installation view pt. II, Jun 2021
Milieu in|ex|térieur, and ◑, installation view, Jun 2021
Milieu in|ex|térieur, and ◑ (left), and in sarcophago vivum aeri (detail), installation view, Jun 2021
-321 °F, installation view, Jun 2021
-321 °F (left), Archive (middle), and ◑ (foreground), installation view, Jun 2021
1̵̨̥͇͚̽͗́3̵̰̆̈3̵̥̝͈̤̙͕̈͋̀͛͝͝͝͝°̵̤̩̓̇ͅ ̷̲͛7̵͈̃9̵̗̳͔͕̮̻̟̓̈̀̕.̸̗̀̀̈́̐͆̈́͝5̷͇̰͇͉̗̝͑̿1̴̢̡̖͙̓͒͒́̒̎5̴͖͕̗͙̿̍̂̈̑́̈́̒̕͜ ̷̺̿̉͠N̶͉̗͚̍̀͗̀͝͝ ̴̧͉̝̽̊̓͐͠0̷̢̩̥̝̣͔̼̲͐̄͂͗͌1̸͕̈2̶̺̠͍͈͙͍̻͕̾̀̈͊̀°̵̘͗͋͂͛̅͒̌ͅ ̶̺͕̘̱̮̅̍͊̃͛̓9̸̨̩̱͕̥͚̲̩̀̌̄͜͝͝0̴͇͍̲̰͇̩̪̆̍̽̌͝.̷͖͛̓͆͠7̸̡̬͓͎͛́̈͗̓̐͆͗̚9̸͍̦̍7̷̮̯̱͈͖̱̰̓͛͒͛̿̈́͘͘ ̵̢̬̗̣̥̻̭̙͙͋̏͌Ë̴̠̣͚̥̙̣͙́̽͋̑̈̎̌͊ͅ, Jun 2021
Archive, Milieu in|ex|térieur, and ◑, installation view, Jun 2021
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IBC 1000 K 150.50-UN
IBC 1000 K 150.50-UN
Seawater stored in the IBC container was shipped from 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E to London, UK, 2020 (ongoing), 2021
Torque, at 133° 79.515 N 012° 90.797 E (undisclosed location), performance documentation still, 2021
IBC 1000 K 150.50-UN, and Milieu in|ex|térieur, installation view, Jun 2021
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