michan peters

How to fly? ;monkey, ducks, duck bag, cards

As a member of minority groups, I am intrigued by our social connections, structures and behavioural norms. I am interested in their origins, how they change, and how they impact our lives. With this work specifically, I look at the impact of unhealed emotional pain on our society, psychology and behaviour. This work shows many connections between these topics. What connection the viewer will see is based on their life experiences, knowledge, assumptions, and senses. Nevertheless, there is one main story. Something with a money and ducks…

Once upon a time, monkeys and ducks lived together in peace. It had been like this for centuries. Where the monkeys were big, and strong. The birds were loud and quick. Together they worked and prospered they did.

That is, until that fatal day that took their world away. Nobody really knows how or why, but for some reason many monkeys died. The ducks were in shock! Why did they survive? What did they do, this wasn’t right! With most monkeys gone, the one that remained, made it his task to keep them all safe.

But young as he was, he didn’t know much. Still filled with pain, unconsciously, he blamed the ducks. With this one in charge, no thing was the same. Their lives had changed, with no one to blame. Everyone knew that danger was there. But no one knew there, so it was everywhere.

The work I made, functions as game based on a set of rules. These rules are part of the interaction, and understanding. Some rules might be more obvious than others. Each duck has its own card which contains information about it. Once a day, the ducks composition will be choreographically rearranged.

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