Pharmakon (it radiates)

Together with Blue (ribbon dance) and Yet Untitled (blue), Pharmakon (it radiates) form a triptych of solo performances in blue, in which Kamiński explores the question of monochromatic choreography – a choreography reduced to, produced by and related to one colour.

Blue screen is a post-production technique that allows image manipulation. By using an even, blue background, the camera-recorded action can be transferred to a completely different scenery. In his performance, Przemek Kamiński refers to the cultural history of the colour blue, approaching it through the prism of the ancient Greek term pharmakon, meaning medicine, poison, and something that must be sacrificed. The artist creates a series of vertical landscapes, in which a body, irradiated by the colour, moves between the visible, the projected and the imagined. The first and second plan, as well as viewers’ fantasies, blend into each other, while the identity is negotiated along and across the surface of the screen.

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