0 MIRU KIM - 'THE PIG THAT THEREFORE I AM' SERIES

For her new series, Miru Kim examines the relationship between pigs and humans, and has visited various industrial hog farms.

Video: Mud Bath For Thick Skin....

On the recommendation of Richard Vine (Art in America), I was invited to participate in the Fokus Lódz Biennale 2010 (September 11– October 10) in Lódz, Poland. More than fifty artists around the world were invited to create works along Piotrkowska Street, the main commercial street considered to be the longest boulevard in Europe. One of the main venues along the street was an abandoned concert hall, with a main stage area and many rooms where artists created site- specific installations. In that building I discovered a basement, and staged a performance piece for the opening day of the Biennale. I named it The Mudbath for Thick Skin. The original idea was to do the piece much longer than 6 hours, but the basement was extremely cold, so the physical challenge, which was much beyond the mental one, became a time limitation for health reasons. The mud in the performance was taken from one of smaller local farms, which are now becoming obsolete due to large industrial farms.

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