A Symphony of Flesh...
...performs rituals turning humans into instruments through body modification,
transforming the agony and euphoria of the stage into sonique energy
to be devoured by the audience.
Utilizing sculpted leather creations that are mounted to the performer
with hooks, wires, and other devices beneath the skin, Louis Fleischauer
manifests the transformation of human flesh into a sonorous organism.
In the spirit of early Surrealist ideals, the goal of
these rituals is to invoke a reality-shift within the
minds of audience members. A Symphony of Flesh mingles visuals and
acoustics in meditative madness.
Through exhaustion, pain and noise the performer enters a trance-like
state of mind. Some of the cathartic experienced through this, is
being shared with the audience in form of sound. Every amount of pressure
from hooks pulling the skin is translated into amplified vibrations.
For the ritual to be effective, any barrier between stage and audience
must be destroyed. People are encouraged to participate via various
tasks, such as joining the orchestra of flesh and noise by attacking
amplified devises attached to the performer.
A gallery of those instruments can be viewed by touching the flesh
below
Flesh
