with choreographer and BodyTalk Practicioner Agnes Grelinger

BODY MAINTENANCE vol 1 is a one-on-one performance session inspired by the Maintenance Art Manifesto by artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, which she wrote as a proposal for the exhibition titled CARE. It emphasized maintenance; "personal" or household maintenance, "general" or public maintenance and earth maintenance as a creative strategy, and by framing the work of the home, the mother as contemporary art, she elevated its visibility and legitimacy.

BODY MAINTENANCE vol 1 deals with acknowledging the maintenance work and processes of the haptic body; what is our relationship to touch at this given time in our lives? Within the pandemic our attention to touch has shifted drastically; proximity, care and togetherness have been altered and the space for negotiating boundaries and comfort is even more visible than before.

(artwork by Lucija Ostan Vejrup)