Abstract:
This chapter introduces aspects of my artistic research, where I investigate notions of hips in relation to domesticity. I share my passion for hips and elaborate on their ‘hip-notising’ effects. The book’s topics of experimentation and time/temporalisation are illustrated by introducing two of my performances, namely Toaster Salsa and Pancake Conversations (May 2020), that emerged through my practice. In the spirit of the book, I refer to these two performances as experiments in motion in my kitchen. Toaster Salsa is a solo live performance (turning into a zoom live performance due to the current pandemic) and Pancake Conversations are a participatory zoom performance. I reflect how the experimentation with two different performance modes might inform my research. I connect aspects of experimentation to experimental dance, Nietzsche’s philosophy on life as experiment, and Avital Ronell’s book The Test Drive. I bring moments of my experiments in motion in my kitchen in relation to posthuman thinking, aligned with Rosi Braidotti’s posthuman neo material theory. In the end, I elaborate on the complex and paradox concepts of time and temporalisation in relation to my performances.