The body of the future is a present body.

A new relationship validates the impulses and immediacies revealing the vulnerability and intimacy of our physical reality.

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The performance is the presence of the artists.

The performance is the artists’ presence.

The artists present the performance:

October 23^rd, performers meet for the first time as human beings

October 25^th, first email followed by first phone call

October 26^th, performers first date. Dinner

October 27^th: performer 2 presents work, performer 1 witnesses. Dinner

SANDY.

October 30^th, 2pm, performer 2 visits performer 1 at his location. 4.33pm performer 1 receives invitation to answer the question “What is the future body?”. Performer 2 is seated in front of performer 1 at a dinner table. Performer 1 invites performer 2 to participate

November 1^st-November 18^th, noon, performers rehearse intimacy and vulnerability

November 18^th, noon-November 21st, 2pm, performers avoid physical contact

November 21^st, 2pm, performers grab two chairs, enter the space, sit facing and begin.

Machines are not vulnerable, humans are.

Machines can not be intimate, humans can.

(While writing this article performers were unable to avoid physical contact)

Maximilian Balduzzi

Whitney V. Hunter