"Known for feminist performances that push the human body-and, by extension, the viewer-to their absolute limits, she does not shy away from nudity or sexuality. Flesh hooks, stunt artistry, live tattooing, bodily fluids, heavy machinery-all of it is in play, and none of it is trying to be polite. The physicality of her practice is not for the faint of heart, nor for her performers. Her work tends to divide a room, something Holzinger seems entirely unbothered by."
"Opening May 9th, her exhibition called “Seaworld Venice” fills the Austrian Pavilion with water, turning it into an underwater theme park and a fully functional sewage treatment plant. Audiences can be part of the work: they can urinate in the onsite portable toilets, and their fluids will get cleaned and cycled back into the tanks. The work is about the human body, but it's also about ecology and about Venice itself, a city that is sinking, built on water it cannot drink, overwhelmed by the waste of mass tourism."
Florentina Holzinger, known for feminist performances that test the limits of the human body, represents Austria at the Venice Biennale in a national pavilion. Her practice includes nudity and sexuality, with elements such as stunt work, live tattooing, bodily fluids, and heavy machinery. The work is designed to be physically intense and not polite, often dividing audiences. “Seaworld Venice,” opening May 9, fills the Austrian Pavilion with water and transforms it into an underwater theme park and a functioning sewage treatment plant. Visitors can urinate in portable toilets, and their fluids are cleaned and cycled back into the tanks. The project connects the human body to ecology and to Venice’s waterlogged, sinking condition amid mass tourism waste.
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