Epizoo is a performance-installation in
which a series of pneumatic mechanisms
deform parts of the artist's body: the nose,
buttocks, pectoral muscles, mouth and ears.
The pneumatic mechanisms are operated by
the public, who interact with a touch screen
that presents 12 different virtual representa-
tions of the artist's body.
By touching graphical elements on
the computer screen, spectators simul-
taneously modify the audiovisual
environment of the installation and
activate the pneumatic mechanisms.
The artist stands on a rotating platform
in the center of the room and in front of
a large-screen graphics projection.
The performance usually ends with a gas
flame firing out of the costume's helmet.
In a remote-control-guided action of pleasure
and torture, the spectators manhandle the
artist without dirtying their hands.
(Marcel.lí Antúnez Roca,
Hospital 51, 2%, 2,
08001 Barcelona, Spain)
For more images by Marcel.lí Antúnez Roca,
see the print journal
L E O N A R D O
Vol. 29, No. 1 (1996)
available from the MIT Press
(journals-orders@mit.edu).
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