Side by Side
is a project that reflects the simultaneous vision of the opposing sides
of life, conscious and subconscious, form and non-form, primitive magnetic
force and structures of our society.
The performance
takes place at the opening of the Venice Biennial, 2005.
Like a normal visitor, Liuba visits the show with an elegant and royal
walk, dressed in a smart everyday outfit, when suddenly breaks out in
a terrifying scream, that emerges from the chest and penetrates the
air. A scream that blows out everything, that comes from far-away unexplored
territories and plunges on the surface, crossing every barrier.
It is neither a
scream of pain, nor of liberation, it is simply a volcanic eruption
of an underneath compressed force that belongs to us and works deep
inside. It
is not a scream of a man's trepidation in front of pain, not of help,
nor is it a scream of liberation of the subconscious from the structures
that tie him down.
It is simply a scream that explodes, an explosion of the forces that
exist but are invisible. It is a revelation of a hidden, profound level
of a magmatic compressed energy, that exists by our side, by each individual
and society.
It is an 'epiphanic' scream, that turns into visible the presence of
something invisible.
Side by Side shows the two sides of the coin that intercept in our existence.
I was also thinking
about the scream being a taboo today. No one can scream anywhere. If
one does it, it breaks all rules, it is impossible. And if you scream,
it means something has happened, it draws everyone's attention.
On the contrary, my scream is for free. After the scream nothing happens,
putting myself toghether immediately, I go on walking elegantly, as
if nothing happened. A scream that appears and disappears, like a volcano
or the thunder and lightining of the subconscious of our life.