A human body is injected in a cistern. Over the course of 45 minutes, the pressure the liquid exerts multiple neurosensorial transformations on him. From his epidermal fiber to his nervous system, he reacts to influxes of viscosity in this liquid chamber. His cortex, lacking oxygen, gradually loses all notions of the real. Like a human guinea pig, a matter-body whose psychological states are the object of kinetik tableaux, of singular temporal spaces.

Herman Kolgen initiated the “INJECT” project in 2008. The genesis of the principal visual material for this project was a shoot, in an immense cistern filled with water, which lasted six consecutive days. Yso, the performer, had to be immersed for over eight hours a day in the glass tank, oscillating between weightlessness and lack of oxygen. With the aid of various digital video recording and photographic systems, Kolgen assembled many series of temporal sequences, images that he then assembled into a flexible and modular body. It is a matter of a narrative progression, in perpetual circles of influence and movement, where the real is dislocated.

“INJECT” is a modular performance in HD format and multichannel audio.

Fundings: Arcadi, Canadian Council for the Arts.

Herman Kolgen (CA) is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Montreal. A true audiocinetic sculptor, he draws his primary material from the intimate organic relationship between sound and image. Kolgen works to create objects that assume the form of installations, video and film works, performances and sound cinetic sculptures. Constantly exploring, he works at the junctures of different media, as well as elaborating a new technical language and singular aesthetic.