Series of artworks exploring the toxicity of our lives through art, performance, architecture, and nature. Workshops, treatments, and art that empower us to play with poison.

Concept: Pia Lindman

Designed in collaboration with architect Svea Heinemann

Oxid Bungalow is a hut constructed with peat, chalk, and phytoremediating plants.

by Pia Lindman

Knitted sculptures relating the somatic experiences of your internal organs while poisoned

Lazy Climbers

Pia Lindman in collaboration with acrobat Katja Echterbecker

Workshop about how to climb trees – specifically if you are an adult and still afraid of heights

MORE WORKSHOPS WITH POISONANDPLAY

by Marina Kronkvist

Act constructively using your instincts and learn to use non-verbal communication and rationality

by Pia Lindman

Bathe in health inducing colored light by lying in hammocks dyed with the three primary colors

Peat Bath Dresses

by Pia Lindman

Detox while at a cocktail party – by wearing an evening dress stuffed with moist warm peat

by Pia Lindman

MORE INSTALLATIONS WITH POISONANDPLAY

Wall Paintings

by Pia Lindman

Wall Paintings painted with detoxing materials such as peat, seaweed, and blueberry

Daily Urine Chart

by Pia Lindman

Notebook documenting obsessive self monitoring of bodily functions while poisoned

Poisonandplay was commissioned by curator Valerie Smith for Labor Berlin 6, Haus der Kulturen der Welt for Labor Berlin, July – October, 2011, Berlin, Germany.

Parts of Poisonandplay were first developed at an urban garden lot in Gleisdreieck for the site-specific exhibition “Stay Hungry”, curated by Theo Ligthart and Anna Redeker, January – June, 2011

Pia Lindman first investigated poison and pollution with her participation at the 1st International Industrial Biennale in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and created the video Milk of Magnesia

based on interviews of workers at the former refinery plant of gold, platinum and iridium in the city center of Ekateinburg, Russia.