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.
Oxid Bungalow
Concept: Pia Lindman
Designed in collaboration with architect Svea Heinemann
Oxid Bungalow is a hut constructed with peat, chalk, and phytoremediating plants.
Internal Organs
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
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Reptilian Brain/Chicken Game
by Marina Kronkvist
Act constructively using your instincts and learn to use non-verbal communication and rationality
Color Chart Hammocks
by Pia Lindman
Bathe in health inducing colored light by lying in hammocks dyed with the three primary colors
Peat, Bath and Fire
Peat Bath Dresses
by Pia Lindman
Detox while at a cocktail party – by wearing an evening dress stuffed with moist warm peat
Bone Setting
by Pia Lindman
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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.