Nonhuman
Subjectivities:
The Other Selves. On the Phenomenon of the Microbiome
1000
Handshakes by François-Joseph
Lapointe

François-Joseph
Lapointe, 1000 Handshakes, Performance, 2014
In
connection with the exhibition Nonhuman Subjectivities: The
Other Selves. On the Phenomenon of the Microbiome (more
information)
3
February, 2016,
7PM
- 1000 Handshakes by François-Joseph Lapointe
Performance
during the opening night of transmediale/conversation piece
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
(House of World Cultures, John-Foster-Dulles Allee 10, 10557 Berlin)
5 February, 2016 5-6.30 PM Talk: 1000 Handshakes Towards
an Aesthetics of the Microbiome
at transmediale/conversation piece, (House of World Cultures,
John-Foster-Dulles Allee 10, 10557 Berlin)
François-Joseph Lapointe with Regine Rapp and Christian de
Lutz (Art Laboratory Berlin)
As part of the opening of the 2016 transmediale festival of art
& digital culture at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Art Laboratory
Berlin will present the performance 1000 Handshakes
by François-Joseph Lapointe, curated by Regine Rapp
and Christian de Lutz.
During
this performative experiment Lapointe will shake hands with people,
gradually changing the invisible microbial community in the palm
of his hand. The DNA of this microbiome, whose samples will be taken
from his skin during the performance, will then be analysed to reveal
how our contact with others shapes the microbes between us, how
it changes who we are. The performance raises awareness through
physical and social engagement, through acts of participation and
exchange on social, individual and microbial levels. The handshake
is a basic and ancient act of networking, forms the beginning of
a social, scientific and artistic collaboration between the performer
and the public. The results will form part of the exhibition The
Other Selves. On the Phenomenon of the Microbiome opening later
that month at Art Laboratory Berlin.
During
the transmediale there will also be a talk with François-Joseph
Lapointe and curators Regine Rapp and Christian de Lutz (Fri. 05.02.2016,
17-18.30, More
information).
Podcast
of the talk
RTE
(Radio Television Ireland), published on 12 February, 2016 by Luke
Clancy, Cultural File: Hacking a Microbiome
as
.mp3 (from 2'22")
BZ-
Berlin, Published on 3 February, 2016 by Philipp Pohl, Haus der
Kulturen der Welt: Künstler will 1000 hände schütteln
In
cooperation with transmediale art&digitalculture
With the generous support of:
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