Hypoth-ethical
Performance
20'11''
Participation: Cid Almeida
2019-?
20'11''
Participation: Cid Almeida
2019-?
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I invite you to develop your Hypoth-ethical, your hypothesis of ethics, according to the following instructions:
1 Use any media you want.
2 The response should interpret the following statement:
"A group of at least 2 people. Each person should have a box where they don't feel comfortable. Their discomfort leads them to get out of the box and look for more space. They discover that the rest of the space is already occupied by someone else. How do they deal with this dilemma?"
3 Send your response to adri.sao.bento@network.rca.ac.uk with the subject "Hypoth-ethical - response"
Mention all the people involved in the production of the response and their roles in the email. If it's an anonymous response, please mention it instead. Include any other information you find relevant, for instance, trigger warnings.
Notes
All responses will be accepted. Nudity is not requested, but it won't disqualify your response.
Your Hypoth-ethical will be exhibited in future events.
I invite you to develop your Hypoth-ethical, your hypothesis of ethics, according to the following instructions:
1 Use any media you want.
2 The response should interpret the following statement:
"A group of at least 2 people. Each person should have a box where they don't feel comfortable. Their discomfort leads them to get out of the box and look for more space. They discover that the rest of the space is already occupied by someone else. How do they deal with this dilemma?"
3 Send your response to adri.sao.bento@network.rca.ac.uk with the subject "Hypoth-ethical - response"
Mention all the people involved in the production of the response and their roles in the email. If it's an anonymous response, please mention it instead. Include any other information you find relevant, for instance, trigger warnings.
Notes
All responses will be accepted. Nudity is not requested, but it won't disqualify your response.
Your Hypoth-ethical will be exhibited in future events.
Each person to their square.
Square,
Box,
Home,
Bedroom.
Retracts, recoils.
They recoil in their comfortable discomfort.
Their box doesn't fit, they unfit themselves.
Search for more.
They seek to internalize what is external to them.
Make it intimate.
Have, possess, enjoy.
-Selfish!
They find the Other.
"Otrem's discreet face"1
"Otrem - absolute other"1
The equal another.
They are the everything else that exists.
Conundrum sets in.
The conduct is hypothetical.
Do they remove? Do they expell?
Set them apart. Locks themself.
Hostile! Futile!
- Share? Cooperate?
Dominate them. Subjugate them.
Fuse! Abide!
1 LEVINAS, Emmanuel. Totalidade e Infinito. Trad. José Pinto Ribeiro. Lisboa: Edições 70, 1980.
Square,
Box,
Home,
Bedroom.
Retracts, recoils.
They recoil in their comfortable discomfort.
Their box doesn't fit, they unfit themselves.
Search for more.
They seek to internalize what is external to them.
Make it intimate.
Have, possess, enjoy.
-Selfish!
They find the Other.
"Otrem's discreet face"1
"Otrem - absolute other"1
The equal another.
They are the everything else that exists.
Conundrum sets in.
The conduct is hypothetical.
Do they remove? Do they expell?
Set them apart. Locks themself.
Hostile! Futile!
- Share? Cooperate?
Dominate them. Subjugate them.
Fuse! Abide!
1 LEVINAS, Emmanuel. Totalidade e Infinito. Trad. José Pinto Ribeiro. Lisboa: Edições 70, 1980.
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