Performance in KOMPLOT Brussels, Produced by FLACC Werkplaats voor Beeldende Kusntenaars Genk (BE), © Stéphane Querrec

In his essay Über das Marionettentheater (1810), the German poet Heinrich von Kleist states that Man rarely reaches grace because we are constantly affected by feelings and thoughts, which prevent us from acting with the singlemindedness and purity of an animal or a puppet.

In the framework of a series of public performances, several members of the audience are designated to join on stage. The stage is made of some light and of a backdrop with shiny multiple peacock eyes. The artist literally prompts the performers what to say, in their ear , sentence by sentence, acting himself like a “souffleur” or puppeteer. The strings are words.

Detail van het script van With My Tongue in Your Cheek, © Stéphane Querrec

With My Tongue in Your Cheek is een vervolg op zijn eerdere performances aan het Pages Magazine Tehran (IR), de Bonner Kunstverein (DE), Uqbar Berlin (DE), Taidekolou Maa Helsinki (FIN) en Kulturhuset Stockholm (SWE). Het project wordt ontwikkeld en getest tijdens verschillende presentatie. De eerste presentatie vond plaats in FLACC in december 2010. De tweede presentatie vond plaats in Komplot en laatste zal plaatsvinden in Voorkamer.