Vincent Duraud

Savage Asylum: An Epilogue
Vincent Duraud
Front facade: Mala (sixteen prints) & Nala (ripped waste paper, wheatpaste), MFA solo exhibition savage asylum: an intermezzo

In life we have a lot of facades. Pretence, lying, and acting. A form of lying that everyone is in on can be as alienating as it is rewarding. Power pose. Hormone levels; a person born with a combination of male and female biological traits. A shape or sign used to represent something such as a group or an organisation. The quality of belonging to a population subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background; building a dream from your memory is the easiest way to lose grasp on what’s real and what is not.

The vastness of creating a ritual when there hasn’t been one, such as hiding under this table. How to be a girl – unstable and weird. There are secret options to living your life. Birds born in a vase think flying is an illness. A public display of trauma? An intermezzo. I don’t remember your face but I remember your voice. The genetic poetry of our bodies and behaviour: singing is dancing. ACAB includes you all who judge and police your friends’ behaviour when they’re not causing harm. Are you in a protest or in a parade? The world is a stage, enjoy the show.

ACT ❶ WELL-BEHAVED GALS DON’T MAKE HISTORY
ACT ❷ SKÄLIG AKTSAMHET
ACT ❸ STRAWBERRY HILLS, POSTMODERN NIGHTMARE
ACT ❹ WE CAN DANCE UNTIL WE DIE

Vincent Duraud
Installation view, MFA solo exhibition savage asylum: an intermezzo
Vincent Duraud
Bala (four plastic balls containing kombucha scobies, pink fishnets) & Dala (blend of flour, himalayan salt, vanilla sugar, edible pink dust), MFA solo exhibition savage asylum: an intermezzo
Vincent Duraud
Installation view, MFA solo exhibition savage asylum: an intermezzo
Vincent Duraud
Tala(2): removed viny & masking tape, MFA solo exhibition savage asylum: an intermezzo
Vincent Duraud
Still from performance with performer Océane Huaqing Francioli, MFA solo exhibition savage asylum: an intermezzo
Photo: Jon Aagaard Gao