Biennale: Swansong performance piece

Performing death in "Schwanengesang" by Bennedict Carpenter, House of O'Dwyer, Damien Roach and Wolfgang Tillmans in the Arsenale. This piece changes the artist/viewer subject/object relation and visual and aural disruption. It also references art genres of still life, nature morte, the vanitas portrait and the death mask. A memento morte.
There is a bright light in my face that gives the illusion of 'seeing the light' during the performance. Ave Maria is playing in the background, and the smell of lillies fills the room.
Many people came right up to me unsure if I was real or not; it was interesting watching the documentation of this later.
Webcast from the Biennale October 6th.