This performative lecture explores the notion of self-sabotage – a concept situated at the intersection of artistic practice, historical gesture, and philosophical reflection. Starting from the idea that artists sometimes deliberately introduce error, rupture, or interruption into their own process, the lecture examines how such acts can be understood not as destructive but as openings: toward different ways of listening, creating, and existing within the normative systems of artistic production.
Through personal performance examples, historical references, and theoretical reflections, it maps possible forms of artistic sabotage – against form, against expectation, against one’s own skill. What happens when the performer consciously destabilizes their own work?
The presentation will be held in English.