OCO – is a word that in Portuguese means– void – so the space that was occupied but yet stays empty – or in other perspectives – the possibility to be filled – or farther – in the presence of silence –
Also the word oco in Portuguese resembles – ovo ( egg ) – which was the material we decided to collect on the streets of Busan to make up our wall ( egg plates ) though we also thought it could be called 1620 – the number of eggs that fit in the egg plates used. It is to think also, that an egg is the life that has never turned into – the thing that never became a thing – a potential in itself that becomes nutrition, food, protein for others. It’s the emptiness left by the crack of the shell.
PERFORMANCE
by Tis ALy & Marc Philipp Gabriel
Developed and premiered at openARTSpace MERGE? / Busan, South Korea
October 2024
