THE OTHER

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Michal Šimonfy, Lenka Sukeníková, 2008
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The other is a cycle of works we made together with my girlfriend. We use our bodies to create a kind of "other" being, which savours both of us, both of our signs. "The other" as this new being was named, is ever so close, but absolutely unreachable, trapped to stay one step before it's born. The very first meaning of the work was to transfuse the blood between each other, so not only to express the meaning by imaginary medium, but to bring the idea to life. Unfortunatelly, our demand was rejected in several medical institutions. This rejection made us think about new ways of expressioning the idea, so we decided to let the blood blend externally, and to support the work by creating video and photographs. In photographs we multiply our portraits, and our blood is being blent on created video. The bottle with our real mixed blood is also a part of an installation. The other, as also the name of the work signify, was inspired by joint works of Marina Abramovia and Uwe Laysiepen.