Life in Plastic is an immersive installation that examines our relationship with the observation and commodification of bodies in urban spaces. In this setup, visitors are invited to take on the role of living mannequins, standing motionless behind a display window, and in turn, becoming objects of the public gaze.
For a time, each participant experiences the paradoxical condition of these enigmatic beings that populate our cities: simultaneously hyper-visible and completely ignored, a human statue offered up to the judgment of passersby.
The installation explores the boundaries between performance art and merchandising, between live performance and urban surveillance. What happens when it is our turn to be the object on display? How does our perception shift when we move to the other side of the glass? Life in Plastic sharply reveals the mechanisms of attention in public spaces, while questioning our own ability to distinguish the living from its imitation.
Part sociological happening and part sensory experience, this project transforms a few minutes of stillness into a powerful lens for viewing contemporary urban dynamics.
Concept with Ariel Doron
Technical director: Christian Kokott
Installation with Mario Guzman
A Mexican researcher, experimental writer, and new media artist who merges language with audiovisual phenomena, web development, electronic art, algorithmic literature, and robotics.
His work explores communication between human and non-human agents, robot-human interaction, and various methods for encoding perception and storytelling through technology.
He aims to bring together code, narrative, and culture. In his view, writing is a performative process that creates meaningful scenarios in which humans and machines participate together in the creation and negotiation of meaning as an interactive experience.