Beskrivning
Beskrivning
Qualis artifex pereo – translated What an artist the world loses in me, was the dying words of the infamous Roman emperor Nero. The phrase here marks what Bo I Cavefors and Martin Bladh through their performance-series The Theatre of the Decadence of Cruelty for several years have manifested: the close proximity between staged debauchery and oppressive violence transformed through artistic self-exploration; how humiliation can be handled when converted into enjoyment, sexual absolutism and a strict acceptation of its most profound consequences: sperm, blood and the crack of the whip; and in the end, the question: what is sensation in itself? One answer that is presented in this work is that sensation is a violent physical overload, an attack on the nervous system best handled completely naked, when one is bleeding and disappearing into sexual ecstasy.STYX förlag presentsQUALIS ARTIFEX PEREO – a book and a DVD.The book includes:– a manifesto– essays by the artists– in-depth interviews:Cavefors on Cavefors by Johannes FlinkBladh on Bladh by Peter Sotosdiscussing the nature of their art and their drives– 9 color collages by M.Bladh– a poem by M.Bladhintersected by a text amalgambased on works of Georges Bataille– original action scores for the performance pieces– the work INJURYThe DVD includes two performance pieces:QUALIS ARTIFEX PEREO(40 min) performed and filmed in Malmö, 8th of June 2008.Actors: Bo I. Cavefors, Martin Bladh, Erica Li Lundqvist, Johanna Rosenqvist.Film: Aryan Kaganof.African Noise Foundation in association with Grymhetens Teater DekadensMusic: Martin BladhSound engineer:Mikael OretoftQUALIS ARTIFEX PEREO – FINIS(27 min) performed and filmed in Norrköping, 12th of June 2009.Actors: Bo I. Cavefors, Martin Bladh, Johan Adolphi, Mikael Oretoft.Film: Peter Andersson,Lars BosmaMusic: Martin Bladhplus the extra featureINSULT – a video workby Martin Bladh (15 min)
