Studying and reflecting upon illness through medical examinations and imaging, highlights the ways in which we perceive and articulate the various ways a body can be affected by the traces or vestiges that degrade it.
Throughout my life, I have navigated various illnesses and bodily transformations—cancer, bunions, pectus excavatum, cervical fractures, tooth extractions, titanium implants, head injuries, bone edema, stitches, surgical staples…
I have spent more time than I would like being analyzed by various medical imaging devices, all in an effort to identify what was ailing me—to cure or fix it.
Each examination meant facing the sword of Damocles once again, and the same questions would invariably arise: Will they find something? Will it be good or bad? Will I survive? For how long?
Endorythmos is a visual performance created from a small dataset: my own medical records, spanning from 2008 to the present. Using this data—which includes X-rays, CT scans, PET scans, blood test results, and medical reports—and employing live coding, the performance generates real-time animations. These animations weave together a harmonious collection of images from within my own body, reflecting an incessant search for answers—or perhaps for my own soul—hidden beneath layers of illness.
As Gadamer once remarked, “The true dimension of life is glimpsed through pain.” To demonstrate that, despite all this pain, I am still alive, the animations are not driven by the computer’s internal clock—as is typically the case—but rather by my own heartbeat. My pulse dictates the rhythm of the visuals, measured via a DIY electronic system built with an Arduino.
Consequently, if I disconnect from the system, the visuals come to a standstill.
Or if I die.
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Showed in:
Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona. 2026
Híbrides Festival, Barcelona 2024
