Download - KABK/Royal Academy of Art ResearchLab: The Age Of Old kickoff-sep2014

AGE OF OLD

“Zeami warns the actor who plays the old man’s part against merely imitating the decline in physical appearance, and encourages him rather to express the man’s desire to stay young”. !(Zeami-The Spirit of Nôh, 1418)

Captain Edward Steichen!by Philippe Halsman, 1959

Former Playboy Bunnies!by Robin Twomyn, 2013

Sun City cheerleader!by Todd Antony, 2013

Llareta shrub, 2000+ years old!by Rachel Sussmann, 2012

“If we take the bonsai principle of making sure one never reaches full potential in order to sustain growth into infinity and apply this to the human body (as supposed vessel for eternal living) perhaps we would need to start growing within ourselves the ‘rosebud’ that will become the next flower, again and again.”.

AGE OF OLD

Jean Cocteau!by Philippe Halsman

Karl Lagerfeld!The Business pf Fahion

Slow Octopus occupied by centenarians!Scenario by Arne Hendriks & Ronald van Tienhoven

GOPRO

REVERSED

SPEED

VERSUS

SLOW

CRYOGENICS

AS

ULTIMATE SLOW

“Zeami warns the actor who plays the old man’s part against merely imitating the decline in physical appearance, and encourages him rather to express the man’s desire to stay young”. !(Zeami-The Spirit of Nôh, 1418)

SETTING

HARDWARE

SCENARIO

SLEEP

AWAKE

NARRATIVE