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Arithmetic of Platonic Love

Courtesy galeria stereo
Courtesy galeria stereo
Courtesy galeria stereo
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    • Arithmetic of Platonic Love
    • Rachunek z miłości platonicznej
  • 1994
  • performance filmed on VHS, color, sound
  • 7min, 45sec
For this performance, Roman Stańczak made use of a collection out of several hundred ladies tights, stockings and nylon knee-socks given to him by his friend Krzysztof. The artist decided to create a single body by putting on piece by piece and thereby creating layers of the collection lying on the floor. After an hour Stańczak had an already so thick mass of tights and stockings on his legs that the original shapes of his limbs completely lost their form. In collaboration with his friend Krzysztof, they managed to gradually uncover the body and liberate the hip, groin, thighs, and knees. Therafter, a strange cocoon of fabric lay on the floor and next to it a significant amount of unused clothes still remained. The action was repeated two more times. (W.S.)