To look at

Movies, artists, theorists and other inspirational things to look at. Daniel, Paul and others:

Ken Russell's "Altered States" 1980
I have a feeling that I've seen this film already, but judging by the trailer and clips on YouTube, it's worth having another look. It's a bout a scientist who tests hallucinogenic drugs on himself while floating in the isolation tank. His hallucinations soon become more than psychological and start altering his physical form.

Bruce Nauman's "Self-Portrait as a Fountain" 1966
Nauman stays himself but takes a form of something else. In this case a fountain. Kind of relates to my photographs of becoming animal.

Alexa Wright "Archaeology of the Self" 1997
In this work the body is represented as ambiguous, androgynous, sculptural and monumental. Alluding to both geological formation and artefact, these images contemplate natural/cultural constructions of self. Fossils, resembling tattoos, are depicted embedded in the back to explore ideas of the body as a territory partly formed and occupied by its own (cultural) history and partly consciously controlled.Wright's other work like "I" (1998/99) are quite interesting as well. She explores similar themes to what I am and uses similar technique, mainly digital manipulation to show what she needs to show.

Ingrid Pollard "Pastoral Interludes" 1980s
A series of photographs of herself in rural landscapes. The works challenge the way that English culture places black people in cities. Just to look at in connection to the "gorilla" image - reclaiming the countryside...


From Jüri:
Becoming animal is something a actors have to observe from time to time. Taking the right pose and making the right movements is the key to representing an animal on stage. Most animals have a characteristic part of the body that an actor can imitate and with success that should be enough to unlock the secret of looking like an animal. Theories to read:

Jerzy Grotowski "Towards Poor Theatre"
This Polish innovator of experimental theatre should give me some clues to how to take the animal form.

Jacques LeCoq
Most famous for his methods on physical theatre, movement and mime