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IRMA OPTIMIST
Helsinki, Finland
NON-LINEAR BODY

by Viktor Petrov
The performer is clad in the clothes and warpaint of an Amazon archer. Arrows fly into the transparent material of abstract logic, thus creating starting points. So begins a lesson in mathematics. A candidate is fished from the crowd using a black collar. He must answer simple questions throughout a demonstration of Pythagoras' theorem which she draws onto the polythene. The lesson takes place behind a thin, synthetic net woven by the teacher. The bewildered pupil gradually begins to recall some basic geometry and answer the questions he is posed. Like a fly, he falls into the trap woven by the libido of the stern yet sexy schoolmistress. She embraces him and, rotating, their bodies are bound up tightly in the synthetic netting. The movement is reminiscent of dance. Following this, both are freed by a knife and scissors, and the same collar is placed around the liberator's neck. The symbols of arrows, extending telescopic fishing rods, and inflated condoms are inseminated with a large quantity of life-giving cream, spreading the signs of life, success, and rapture...

English translation: Mark Bence

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