impossimalia/ 文珮玲

RE:BIRTH Inbetween a suspended foetus and a thing with wings, RE:BIRTH is a ten hook suspension that was created to mark meaning into the repetitive nature of birthdays. Footage from the suspension session which I recorded at 240fps later grew into a piece for projected film + live sound improvisation called: WHEN THE RAINBOW BECOMES SKIN which was first performed in Antwerp @de_bosbar in the concert series RITES OF NOISE (2025) curated by @tserrien and Casper de Geus. #jamieman #hooksuspension #whentherainbowbecomesskin #impossimalia @stateofblissuk @jamieman___

水托邦/ HYDROTOPIA , film and live performance on 30 January 2026, 21.30 UBIK at @worm_rotterdam with @iffr In extreme cold, the human body can turn against itself through paradoxical undressing: failing nerves mistake freezing for heat, compelling the dying to shed their last protection. In 水托邦 (Hydrotopia), hydrophones frozen into a block of ice capture the material disintegration of their frozen body as a projected film gradually emerges into clarity. The film follows artist Jamie Man suspended by hooks pierced through flesh in a British winter landscape, practicing rituals rooted in Shiva-dedicated traditions that explore a state of perpetual non-being. As the ice surrenders its form and the image sharpens into focus, transformation itself becomes the subject: matter abandoning one state for another, the body held suspended between dissolution and emergence. Film by @smdcem Chiemi Shimada Flesh hook suspension, Jamie Man Flesh hook Suspension design and fascilitation, Tam Smith (@stateofblissuk ) Sound performance and sound design, Jamie Man Producer, Tim Leyendekker Producer, Borre van Leeuwen Produced by WORM with International Film Festival Rotterdam Special thanks to Morgan Quaintance, Jim Farrant, @marijn.cinjee and the volunteers who helped build the vibroacoustic floor photo: still from the film by Chiemi Shimada

‘My body, Writes into your flesh The poem You make of me’ — Audre Lorde „ETUDE #16161D“, was the last creation I made to finish my 38th orbit around the sun — a study in hook suspension, live musical performance and darkness (ca.30’). Thank you for an incredible ride. I’m already excited for the next spin!! Hex code #16161D, otherwise known as Eigengrau is the unique colour the human eye perceives in the absence of light or complete darkness. In the space of this darkness, with Audre Lorde’s words, I imagined a time when all bodies have equal rights and autonomy, when erotic expression no longer involves negotiation with systemic powers sick with bigotry and magical thinking, and when the expression of the body in joy and symbiosis with their chosen others is a birthright lived fully and freely, indiscriminately. In this time, how will we play out our existence? What will it feel like? How will it sound? Perhaps, if we are able to imagine it and design it, we will find ourselves closer to that moment than we ever thought possible? Flesh-hook body suspension was born partly from rituals for Shiva; a non-being, divine darkness whose power — unlike light, which has a beginning and end — is always and eternal. ETUDE #16161D was commissioned by @wienerfestwochen (2025) and first performed in the programme of Akademie Zweite Moderne curated by Jana Beckmann on 8 June 2025 at the @radiokulturhaus Radiokulturhaus. Creation and Musical Composition, @jamieman___ Flesh-hook suspension performance, @nixiiemakes and @jamieman___ Suspension facilitation and performance, @philippadowney with @stateofblissuk Musicians of @klangforum_wien Harp and effects pedals, @miriamoverlach Double Bass and effects pedals, @carmencontrabas Percussion, Lukas Schiske Electronics and Sound design, Christina Bauer Suspension point design, Roman Streuselberger Special thanks to @tamsmith444 , @lucylikestofly , Leonora Schreib, Petra Torky, technicians of ORF Radiokulturhaus, the composers and participants of the Akademie Zweite Moderne and @milorau4 excerpt from film @shapesanddistortions #hooksuspension #hookfamily #hooklove #audrelorde #recreation

WHEN THE RAINBOW BECOMES SKIN (21’) video + live solo musical improvisation on any instrument(s) @de_bosbar 23 April 2025, 22hr for RITES OF NOISE concert series, curated by Tomas Serrien and @achieldevlerk captured and streamed on @we_are_various Video includes slow-motion capture from a hook-suspension entitled RE:BIRTH created with @stateofblissuk , in Bristol 2024. Huge thanks to the sound and technician team @de_bosbar . 📷 @tserrien #impossimalia #hooksuspension

EIGENGRAU ETÜDEN (2024-08-05) transtopian transfigurations #impossibleanimals #jamieman #eigengrau #impossimalia