RED DRAGON is a fictional, synthetic form that doesn't have any equivalent in nature, but is a part of the mythology created by SUKA OFF.
The process of skin shedding is analogous to the one that takes place in nature, but in this case it's the skin that sheds the burden of the flesh.
On the other hand the image of flaying alive can also remind the viewers of mythical and historical characters like Marsyas or Saint Bartholomeo.
The "skin shedding" - the separation from the matrix - is a converted process of creation. The beginning of the performance shows a finished object / sculpture / image: a man covered in a synthetic substance. The image gets transformed and deformed and as the end result we receive the "dragon": an artificial form created on the basis of real human shapes.
Performances:
19.05.2009 / Torture Garden / London / UK
11.09.2009 / Contemporary Performing Arts Festival OMISSIS / Gradisca d’Isonzo / IT
29.11.2009 / SUKA OFF 24h – retrospective exhibition / Warszawa / PL
16.05.2010 / Underground Festival / Arad / RO
19.08.2010 / Aurillac Festival / Aurillac / FR
10.09.2010 / Zagrebi! Festival / Zagreb / HR
16.04.2011 / Festiwal Ulica Kultury / Opole / PL
02-03.06.2011 / ARENA International Festival of Theatre and Performance / Erlangen / DE
13.06.2011 / A PART International festival of Performing Arts / Katowice / PL
16.09.2011 / Kino Swiatowid / premiere of P. Almodovar‘s “The skin I live in” / Katowice / PL
29.09.2011 / Souterrain Porte VI / Nancy / FR
14.04.2012 / OFFscene Festival / Czestochowa / PL
22-24.08.2012 / STOFF Stockholm Fringe Fest / Stockholm / SE
13.09.2012 / Performing Art Festival Differenti Sensazioni / Biella / IT
13.10.2012 / DISKURS'12 Festival / Gießen / DE
09.06.2013 / Cyprus International Performance Art Festival / Nicosia / CY
27-28.10.2013 / Queer New York International Arts Festival / New York / USA
02.11.2013 / UNIDRAM Theatre Festival / Potsdam / DE
