BIOGRAPHY
HAIBO ILLÉS & RICHÁRD MELYKÓ
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ABOUT
ACTIVE GRAVITY IS A REFLECTION OF AN EARLIER WORK BY THE DUO, BUT THIS TIME CARRYING A FUSION OF ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AND CLAY IN THE FORM OF HANDMADE DUCKWEED. ACTIVATED CARBON REMOVES POLLUTING CHEMICALS FROM THE WATER, SO THE ACTION HIGHLIGHTS THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF THE INHABITED ENVIRONMENT ON THE LAKE. THE PERFORMANCE FORMS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND THE MKE SOMOGYI JÓZSEF ARTISTS' CENTRE THROUGH A CHOREOGRAPHED WALK. THE SOFT AND RHYTHMIC WALK TO THE LAKE WILL END WITH A SYMBOLIC ACT OF WADING TOGETHER.
PHOTOS: GERGŐ KINCSES