Giving Life is Giving Death
in collaboration with Luke DeaneGiving Life Is Giving Death was a collaborative performance presented with musician and composer Luke Deane, within the context of the exhibition Seeds of Plenty at 1646. Inspired by ancient fertility rites and the festive imagination of the Fruitcorso of Tiel (NL), Eric Giraudet de Boudemange invited visitors to a collaborative performance to gather, move, and act within the themes of the exhibition. Through simple gestures and shared presence, participants helped activate a temporary ritual of abundance. Over the course of the performance, the audience crafted vegetal figurines, before being collectively eaten in a shared soup — a closing act of sacrifice and renewal. Borrowing not only from the joyful folklore of Tiel's famous fruit parade but also from its beloved mascot Flipje, the performance playfully transformed ideas into a collective action: as participants, visitors were invited to embody the cycles of cultivation, harvest, and renewal, exploring how their bodies became extensions of these rhythms of production and transformation.
photos ©Salim Santa Lucia 
