Exposing the Physical
by Max Bretherton
- Sport, Medicine and indeed Art, define the body as a field to be modified and
redesigned, acted upon so as to surpass its own natural limits - A body entirely subject
to human will . . .
- Hubris - The ambition to go beyond the limits of nature.The aspiration to become divine.
- Satyriasis -The Condition Of A Body Given Over Entirely To A Drive. Desire flowing
objectless desiring only itself.
- Introspection -Internalisation-Losing the boundaries between the internal and
external. Becoming cocooned-In a bubble-Shut off from the outside worId.
- A retreat from society into the airtight privacy of the body.
- Athletic Aestheticism.
- The body must always strain against resistance to produce what is new.
- Climbing like bodybuilding is developed purely within the gesture, a pointless, risky,
and extremely physical activity with a sole objective, the masturbation of the whole body
(Franscesco Bonami).
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