The Circle Of Dirtiness And Cleanliness is AnimaeNoctis project for AiOP 2024: CARE, curated by Patricia Miranda and Christopher Kaczmarek.

There are 2 performers, Silvia & Massimo.

Massimo is sitting with a bucket in front of him. It contains a dirty semi-liquid mixture he uses to cover up his hands, arms, face, chest and shoulders. Silvia is standing right beside him. She also has a bucket with pure water and some rags. A box with the writing "TAKE ONE" is in front of the 2 performers: it contains 200 copies of a statement. When Massimo gets dirty, Silvia starts cleaning him and invites the audience to collaborate and/or she explains what she is doing and why. When Massimo is completely clean, he starts getting dirty again and the whole process goes on. The take-away papers for the audience explain that Massimo uses his own freedom to destroy his appearance (he was used to suffer from severe depression and a dramatic lack of self-care, while he was used to a runaway life) and Silvia - that now is his wife - performs her gentle attack to Massimo's humiliating practice. It's also impossibile to clean the dirtiness without getting dirty: we all exchange something in physical/mental contact. Because humans are not absolutes. As a real part of this performance and not as a pure documentation, Silvia will launch several Facebook directs as AnimaeNoctis duo is used to do.

Video sample here.

The performance will take place in NYC from October 18 to October 20, 2024.

OCTOBER 18

436 East 14th Street (approximately close to Trader Joe's)

OCTOBER 19

University Place at 14th Street

OCTOBER 20

Gansevoort Plaza, 9th Avenue (approximately close to Gucci shop)