On December 12, 2021, Per Huttner will present a performative lecture at Index in Stockholm. The presentation takes its starting point in Pauline Curnier Jardin’s work and her exhibition entitled “Waiting for Agatha, Sebastian and all the Other Holy Children.” The goal of the event is to support her in the making of her future film.
Both Pauline’s work and Per’s performance investigate the relationship between the sacred and profane. He will show excerpts from and reflect on the films “Medea” (1969) by Pier Paolo Pasolini and “Stalker” (1979) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
Huttner will also improvise sounds that are influenced by signals that he gets from a profane object (a scalpel) and a sacred object (a plastic statue of the virgin Mary). Together they form a musical trio, but since the innate objects (apart from when there is a divine intervention) do not really generate any signals, the trio relies heavily/heavenly on noise from the EEG technique in their musical collaboration.