One-Line Breath
Casa do Povo
Sao Paolo , Brasil
March 2015
Architectural intervention, performance, participatory agreements
The Brazilian academic Suely Rolnik's existentialist philosophy states: "To breathe is to open the body to the senses, to have the courage to face and risk an action in order to turn desire into reality. The presence of the knowing body. The strategy of creating space, and implicitly the politics of the relationship with the other, must be guided by the ethics of the affirmation of life."
Inspired by the thought, Nil contemplates the reciprocal relations that exist between the territory, the body and the breath through the work.
The interve encompasses negotiations with the participants of the exhibition over the perceived borders of personal territories.
Breathing Tubes
Showroom, Arnhem
The Netherlands
2015
Audio intervention, Glass tubes, Motor run construction machines, breath
The work consists of electric repair tools such as drills and sanders that the participating viewers can operate only by blowing on a glass tube. The noise made by the tools, which work with a puff of breath, creates a new space in the exhibition space, while this invisible space occupies the space of the other works with its presence.
re-location - I
Nieuw Vennep
The Netherlands
2011
100 m2 space, ceiling tiles, recycling cardboard
The make shift installation is about the gesture of giving the space another form and inviting the viewer to interact with the unfamiliar space. The height differences of the suspended grid ceiling are mirrored on the floor by cardboard platforms. The ceiling tiles placed on the floor and the platforms mirror precisely their original location in the ceiling. How we structure and construct our environment affect the way we think and live.
(Re-)location starts a new process to analyze and understand things in their new situation and order; creating new mental spaces.
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