Body Object Extension Ritual, 2014

video/ video intervention inside a internet café

Can we turn objects into extensions of our bodies? How similar is our spatial awareness of a tool to the awareness of our own limbs? Jackie Chan is a master at integrating everyday objects into his fighting choreography and turning these things into extensions of his body. But since they are used for fighting they get damaged. The need to be healed. Once an object has been integrated into the body, does it become interdependent with other parts? Could we use Chinese medicine to heal our adopted limbs? This video explores the boundaries between the body, self, and the “external world” and the interdependence of those parts.