In the painting of Savery the myth of protoplast, Adam and Eve, is fully represented by a baroque pictorial narrative. Starting from the foreground of the painting, a plethora of animals of all kinds is conquering the surface leaving no space in between. Further on the back of this suffocating layer, the figures of Adam and Eve next to the forbidden tree reminds us the ideal of paradise before its permanent loss. Centered on the canvas, a big brown bull, symbol of power, violence and sex dominates in the image, increasing the tension between virtue and lust, abstinence and greed, eternal and mortal life. Under these circumstances a moment of crisis that is hiding under the colorful alteration of plants and animals seems inevitable.
Description: the artist placed the bricks on top of her belly and stared at the apple for more than two hours. Peaceful sounds of nature were surrounding her effort to move without dropping them. At the end she ate the apple, threw the bricks away and left the gallery space.
With this performance, the artist tried to make visible this crucial moment of crisis when harmony and beauty start to produce repression more than enjoyment. The time for a change has come, but body and mind still resist. The convention in this sense seems stronger than the internal disruption.
Materials: Apple, Used bricks, Sound