In the performance “Green Earth” (...), the artist’s breast pushes its way to the surface from a mound of earth like a rare mushroom. Detached from the image of the entire body, the breast suddenly appears like a strange, beautiful, yet at the same time unsettling growth.
For five hours, Judith Egger lies buried in a flowerpot in the foyer of the Teatro Sociale in Trento, covered in soil and plants. The only visible part of her body is her left breast, which, independent of the rest of her body, looks like a root vegetable or a rare mushroom. Viewers only begin to believe that this breast belongs to a living body when they can discern the performer’s imperceptible breathing movements in the trembling of the flowers.
She contrasts the cultural discourse with the energy of pure physicality. With their intense focus, her works also evoke early body art and feminist positions that are now regaining prominence in the art world.
Material Mimicry – a flower box designed to blend in with the interior architecture of the Teatro Sociale’s foyer.
Assistant: Manuel Eitner, Dimensions of the box: 1 x 2 x 0.6 m
Duration of the performance: 5 hours, breathing through air holes in the back of the box
