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                                                                 Occupy Myself

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                                                        photo: anna wilhelmus
                                                        The announcement of a fine event transformed smoothly into a physical action: as his arms curled up the man followed their movement, stamping and swaying around in a kind of despair. The despair even more visible in the next phase where he tried to tear down his white buttoned up shirt. He succeeded, ripping the shirt in pieces. In the third phase of the performance he went outside taping two columns with the glue outside. With a similar tape around his head he banged his head alternately to the columns, getting stuck, tearing himself loose, sticking again etc.

                                                        Performed at the "Neighbours" event in Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki. October 2011