A short surrealist text by the French Georges Bataille, The Solar Anus inspires the work of Maikon K who creates a kind of scenic ritual based on the subjects covered by the book – such as the criticism of the civilization concept and social rules, besides questioning the way we deal with pleasure and death. The artist moves around performance, theatrical and musical blocks, bringing up the erotic drive enclosed in suppression and taboos. Over the performance, speeches and objects are used and then ditched: it is as if the body, failing to be transcended or silenced, would be divided and decomposed into different voices and images. The performer also evokes the surrealist and ecstatic writing of Bataille’s text, joining gestures and images that, placed side by side, lose or change their original meaning.

Performance artist, Maikon K started his studies in the performing arts. Graduated in social sciences focusing on theatre anthropology, since 2002 he has researched ways to change consciousness through rites and movement. Moved by shamanic practices, his work pinpoints on the body and its ability to change perceptions. In his works, the performer unfolds in several realities through particular techniques and expressions, such as song, non-verbal sound, dance and ritualized activities. Some of his shows are Corpo Ancestral, DNA de DAN and Neblina Canibal.

CRITICS

Maikon K’s performance and Bataille’s thinking remind us that we cannot shirk in the face of our finitude, with all that it is unsettling. Instead of trying to bypass or domesticate it, Bataillian thought and the art of Maikon K promote an encounter with it. Hence, if we want to address this issue in its radicalism, we can say that The Solar Anus teaches us to die.

DANIEL VERGINELLI GALANTIN, Bocas Malditas

TECHNICAL SHEET

CONCEPT AND PERFORMANCE: Maikon K
ASSESSMENT: Patrícia Saravy
LIGHTING: Fábia Regina
SOUND: Beto Kloster
COSTUMES: Faetusa Tezelli
SET TECHNICIAN: André Baliú
SOUND ADVISING: Iria Braga
VIDEO: Tathy Yazigi (recording) and Stephany Mattanó (edition)
PRODUCTION: Corpo Rastreado
PHOTOS: Lauro Borges

This show was devised with the support of Prêmio Funarte Myriam Muniz de Teatro 2015