twoja (yours), PL-Poznañ 2005

Duration 10 minutes

Description of action In one of the rooms of Szyperska Galeria the audience comes together and wait. I am standing outside of this room and wait until the audience is assembled. With an impuls I run with speed in the room, scream -Trzymaj się, kurwa, trzymaj się!- (double meaning in polish language: 1. hold on to, 2. hold out) and jump on the soulders of a man, which I donīt know before and try to stay on his body without touching the ground. It is a fight with my and his force and also his balance. We begin to sweat and his body starts hardly to shake. I try all the time to find on his back, arms or shoulders a better hold for myself, but with the time I slip more and more down. After an exsourcting time I lay up on the ground and leave the room. 

In a second version of twoja I jump on a leg of a man and hold me tight. I scream loudly -Biegnij- (run) and -Szybciej- (faster).

Photos: Anna Kalwajtys