Ego Me

2017​

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When the ego-mechanism fails,

Eros & Thanatos wake up.

Please, ego me.

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For Ego Me Pieter investigated how the ego-mechanism fights the sexual and aggressive urges of the id. The solo became a competition between the Ego and the Id. De elevator in which the solo was performed became the body and the performer became the identity. 

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Does the identity change according to its body?

How can an identity survive within a mechanical body?

CREDITS

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created and performed by: Pieter Desmet

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mentor: Natalie Gordon & Caroline D'Haese

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photography: Mathias Theisen

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Ego Me is part of the online archive of Platform In De Maak. 

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