INDEXTHUMB PRESENTS
TODAY I SAVED
THE WORLD
06 JUNE 2023
Teehaus, Berlin
A 2-channel video composite performance in which I compost
my climate-crisis identity.
TOMORROW I WILL STOP EATING RED MEAT
TOMORROW I WILL START EATING FAKE MEAT
TOMORROW I WILL SUBMIT TO BURGER KING’S AD CAMPAIGN AND TRY THE IMPOSSIBLE BURGER
TOMORROW I WILL TAKE MUSHROOMS IN THE FOREST ALONE AND NAKED
TOMORROW I WILL PURCHASE A FAIR TRADE COTTON TOTE BAG FOR CARRYING MY GROCERIES
TOMORROW I WILL LISTEN TO TAPE LOOPS OF WHALE SAMPLES IN COMPLETE DARKNESS
TOMORROW I WILL IMMERSE MYSELF IN LEAVES AND CRY FOR THE EARTH
TOMORROW I WILL RESTRICT MYSELF TO ONE HOUR OF SCREEN TIME A DAY
TOMORROW I WILL FLY A DRONE OVER THE MINING DISTRICT AND SHOW THEM ALL HOW WE’VE SCARRED THE LAND
TOMORROW I WILL KNIT THE HAIR OF A SHEEP INTO A SCARF DEPICTING A REBELLION LED BY LAMBS
TOMORROW I WILL SHOOT A PORNO WITH PLANTS AND WOOLEN CARDIGANS AND CALL IT THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
TOMORROW I WILL GET ACTIVE ON GREEN FORUMS
TOMORROW I WILL SHARE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON ALL MY SOCIAL PROFILES
Today I Saved the World situates the audience within the artist's inner monologue of personal climate commitments, during a performance in which they attempt to eat an entire green-dyed cake. Compositing/composting two video channels of the artist and the cake on top of each other, the work collapses the space between consumer and consumed, troubling the boundaries between climate action, Western media narratives, and personal identity.
What remains of the cake from the original performance has been preserved in resin as part of the installation. A new version of the film is being created to host the video on a treadmill, on which the viewer must walk in order to encounter the work.