Performance Not Anymore

Technical Specifications:

Piotr Kolanko
Not Anymore
Performance, video, object
Duration: 20 minutes

Not Anymore is part of a series of projects aimed at integrating the self and confronting the traumas of growing up with ADHD, high sensitivity, a sense of otherness, and social misfit.

In his work, the artist often explores themes of exclusion, rejection, the loss of safety and comfort, and prolonged exposure to high levels of stress. These actions serve a therapeutic function — helping to restore connection with the body, sensation, and conscious presence.

During the performance, the artist undertakes a symbolic act — applying onto his body words, labels, and judgments that have defined his identity over the years. In the final act, through immersion in dense blackness, he connects with his traumatized self, expressing understanding and compassion. At the same time, he draws a boundary between what has shaped him and what he now consciously chooses as a manifestation of his psyche and soma.

The performance becomes a symbolic process of transformation. As a side effect of the act, an action painting is created — an image that emerges from the washing away of black paint from the body, symbolizing a transition from darkness into light, a return to white.

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