
Asocialexperiment-turned-baroquemusicalinaViennaexhibitionspace,wheretheboundariesbetweenbodyandworlddissolveinadeliriousanddarklyfunnymirrorimageofcivilisationitself. In2019,asocialexperimenttookplaceatKunsthalleWien.Inasetcomposedofmassiveflamingoblocks,stackedinpyramidsandmonumentalstructures–andcompletewithbothprisonanditsownnightclub!–artistLiamGillickandAustrianperformancegroupGelitinledaradical,improvisedcollectiveprojectthatplayedoutaseriesofcrisesleadinguptoaninevitablecollapse.Aminiaturecivilization,onlywithoutrecognizablerules,andwithabaroquecorporealityinoppositiontotheoppressivedelineationofSelfandOtherthatdefinestheworldasweknowit–untilnow,atleast.Barebottomsandlaserbeams,masksandahouseband:‘StinkingDawn’documentsthisdarklyhumorousandtransgressiveexperiment,butasamusical.Anunruly,cinematicworkinitsownright–andacinematicexperienceunlikeanyother.