AATB for Miles Greenberg NL

Durational performance (7 Hours) of Miles Greenberg and 4 robotic arms at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The second instalment of the MORTALS series, this piece is a retelling of The Flaying of Marsyas, a scene from Greek mythology in which Marsyas, a satyr, challenges Apollo to a music contest and, in losing, is condemned to be flayed alive for his arrogance. The scene was most famously depicted in a 16, th century painting by Titian, but Miles inspiration lies in a particular sculpture in the Louvre (Sully wing, ground floor, room 348; located ~40m east of the Venus de Milo).

Over the course of the performance, Mikes body gradually became covered in cane sugar syrup, immobilizing it. An original composition by Personal JJesus was interspersed with 5 minute interludes of silence, which was filled with the sound of his amplified heartbeat and breath in real time, picked up by a modified stethoscope integrated into the ropes.