FOLLOW UP
With this work, I would like to bring this work as it is about the emergency of global warming and it's a message of care for the planet. I made a wearable structure with an ice pyramid over my head that slowly melts. Whilst the ice melts I carry a piece of soil on my hands which I hold safe until the end of the performance.
“Follow Up” represents the problems humans cannot escape where ever they go.
The Anthropocene era has to change its game and all species and elements should finally cooperate. This work responded with the world’s condition and it emerged during a trip to Iran when I was exposed to an emergency of severe drought, especially in the south.
I therefore first performed another work which was similar, its title was “Saffron Tears” where I put saffron in a 5 kg ice cube and I posed for 2 hours letting the ice melting over my head, holding it only with my hands. Saffron is very symbolic for Iran and in this case it represented the power and the remainder of the respect for nature that sustains us. Since then I began thinking about how I can work more on this topic and I built a wearable structure in Berlin with the help of fellow artist Kappa, a historical figure of the Seat Tacheles. I also built the container to create the pyramidal ice piece.
The Mask worn during the action became a relic of the performance.
Follow up
performed at Territori performance art festival curated by Isa Sanz, Ibiza, 2021
Photographer: Anita De Austria
