PEP AYMERICH Synthesis of consciousness 1992
In Synthesis of consciousness, Pep Aymerich highlights how art materializes in the limit dialogue between the material and the intangible. Aymerich divides the performance into five actions that correspond to the five states or entities of the soul:
1- The body appears inside a cylindrical tube that hangs from the ceiling and falls to the ground by the force of gravity (birth).
2- Destroy with a tool the materiality of the stone, which has a cubic shape (growth-fist).
3- Moment of relaxation and reflection (reconciliation).
4- The self-pigmentation of the naked body in blue takes place as an act of transmutation. It ends up hanging by the feet and, through the impulse of the body, generates a rotary movement (ascension).
5- End the act crying on video and in real time, cathartic component of the synthesis of consciousness (sublimation).
In this cycle of actions, we want to confront two artists who work on performance using different procedures in their execution. While Joan Oliver starts from painting-montage to activate the principle of identity from the dialectical confrontation of the denial and affirmation of secrets, Pep Aymerich conceives the performative expression from a sculptural premise and body art.
