Venue: 32 Connaught Street, London W2 2AF, UK
Opening: 21 June 2024
Duration: 21-23 June 2024
Organized by: International Body of Art
Curator: April Kelly
Participating Artists: Stelarc, Jake Elwes, The Alternative Limb Project, Micro Febbo, Josh Wirz, Peggy Kliafa, TJ Chen
Peggy Kliafa participates with the artwork:
“Armory Square – Placebo Series”
Assemblage of aluminum pills blisters on plexiglass surface, silicone, led light, 87,8 x 87,8 x 4 cm
The exhibition, titled “Performance Machines”, is dealing with the nature of experienced time in contemporary neoliberal society. It is playing specifically with the idea that accelerationism and the need for constant progress suggests that the body is out of equilibrium, which then drives the market sales of body modifications, health crazes etc.
This exhibition serves as the second chapter in their three-part exploration of temporality. With their past installment having acted as an investigative approach to the entanglements of memory, “Performance Machines: Products of Acceleration” now situates us within the stark, shining reality of the here and now.