An Act Of Self-Destructionis a call to action. ACTION, as opposed to sitting back and doing nothing about environmental issues, perhaps because they seem too big, or make one feel too insignificant. 

This intimate durational project sees a body lie under a triptych of ice block paintings, oblivious to the inevitable: that this (in)action will culminate with the inevitable self-destruction of the work. 

Pics by Alex Brenner

The translucent ice paintings are made from found objects; egg shells (from Rookery Farm), cigarettes (from the street), toy cars (charity shop), scraps accumulated from what I consumed in a day and natural colorants (beetroot, blueberries, red cabbage and onions). The impermanence of the ice block paintings visually renders the deteriorating environment brought about by our collective inaction. 

An ACT Of Self-Destruction is part performance / part installation / part meditation. An experiment of emptying our heads enough to listen to the unheard, to stop and think about our environment and its fragility.

An Act Of Self-Destruction
Mixed Media (2016) CASSANDRA FUMI
Ice, wire, shopping baskets, wood, egg shells, molasses, oil, toy cars, beetroot, food scraps, cigarettes, plastic bags, charcoal, puzzle pieces, blueberries, red cabbage, onions.

3 – 8 February, 2016
GALLERY, 
VAULT FESTIVAL
LONDON