LEAP INTO THE WORK
2002 - present (ongoing series)
Mihai Mihalcea is interested in the aesthetics and experiences of the body lying on the ground. His take involved a reflection on several simultaneous aspects, each acting like a facet of a dense pleated form: (*) a way to extract information about a space one is visiting for the first time, a kind of connection with the local spirit, with a vernacular non-human knowledge, (*) drawing with the body a pause line (-), the gesture becomes an act of rebellion against the neoliberal mechanisms and pressures to exploit and self-exploit the body, (*) a spontaneous test of cultural and political boundaries, but also those related to affects, empathy and care for a body that at first sight lies inert.
