Gallery weekend 2013

Performance: Digital autism

Artist: Mia Florentine Weiss

Duration time: 4 days

Location: Morgen Contemporary@TemporŠer Kunstraum

 

stefan replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 08:33

GOOD QUESTION

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

 

 

stefan replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 08:46

WHAT IS YOUR PLACE OF PROTECTION?

If more people asked that question the world would be much better off....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 09:04

GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN:

What is your place of protection?

 

 

Andrea12 replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:11

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION...

...is everywhere I can let my self go.

 

 

Alice replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 11:03

DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF YOU WERE A MAN?

I can't help but feel that you'll be being exploited by the male gaze when lying there. How do you think this would be different if you were a man? Tilda Swinton also did

something like this in NYC, and it felt so rat-in-a-cagey, I think because she has to look pretty on camera all the time.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 16:37

FINAL COUNTDOWN.....

FOR DIGITAL AUTISM!

 

 

Andrea12 replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:16

DIGITAL AUTISM

I think using media (digital or not) is even enhancing your communication - but not everyone uses these possibilities. Maybe the autism lies in our way of perception, in

terms of consuming media not producing anything.

 

 

Christoph replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 17:54

EINMALIG

...wie intensiv und hyperkreativ Du Deine KreativitŠt lebst!

 

 

Reinhard replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 17:55

PLACE OF PROTECTION

My place of protection is at home, eg the sofa in my living room, or the Ikea bed in my bedroom, in the arms of my sweetheart.

 

 

Christoph replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:01

ILLUSION

Protection is Illusion

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:03

LET THE GAMES BEGIN....

My place of protection is the Uterus!

 

 

Christoph replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:03

LOS

Von: Robert Skazel <robert.skazel@mainworks.de>

Betreff: txt berlin wahnsinn

Datum: 2. Juni 2013 00:23:13 MESZ

An: Mia Florentine Weiss <ap@art-protector.com>

...geht's - es ist 18 Uhr!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:05

ALICE....

I know Tilda«s performance - she started it already in the 70ies I think - called THE MAYBE but it«s a different story - I think being exposed as a woman is obvioulsy more

controversal than as a man - but it«s also fragile and powerful - If you face your fear - that«s the only way to overcome it....

 

 

Hermann replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:07

GOOD LUCK

Good luck

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:07

CHRISTOPH...

I like your imagery of ILLUSION! I once wrote a poem called: Will the last illusion before disillusion be love?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:09

REINHARD...

I have not had a home for a very long time in my life - only temporary island of shelter so I feel happy for someone like you who«s happy and homey ;-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:13

HERMANN

If bad luck is asleep you must not awaken it - peace never sleeps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:14

ANDREA....

WoW! That«s a new one - I heard so many answers like FREE BY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE so letting go...is the new flow! GO!

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:16

I WISH...

I could share all the private answers I am getting with you but of course I won«t Just a little something from someone really special .... the smile of a child! I am especially

drawn to this becuase I just had a rather essentiel experience... which I might tell you a little later - it«s something you pnder over when the light is fading.....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:18

DIGITAL AUTISM TOOK OVER

Jovanny this is for you...thank you! Now my time in bed is better ;-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:20

I THINK ABOUT THIS ONE

 

 

Andrea12 replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:24

ME TOO

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:31

ANDREA...

MEDIA IS CURSE AND BLESSING - SUCH AS THE BED...even though you should be totally protected u feel lonely at the same time - I would even go so far to say -

the ultimate place of in between and the opposite is the incubator where the baby comes in new born and the only chance to survie is in an artifical state - but what«s

missing is the love in terms of touching feeling and having a human sense of body near by....

 

 

Helene replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:31

MY..

..places of protection when I was a child were caves I built for myself from chairs and blankets. Although there were people in the room, sitting in the cave gave me a

very special feeling of protection. Today, I have this feeling when I am inside a warm flat and the weather outside is raging but cannot harm me.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:35

HELENE...

I always built houses made of garden chairs for my teddy bears ( GL†CKSB€RCHIS) and dolls and my DACHSHUND (DACKEL) called Santa Claus - caves are cool! U

know what - my favorite game was playing ROBIN HOOD and we were outside all day and our only shelter was rocks and trees....U R A TRUE ROCK STAR HELENE

AND MY SISTER IN CRIME!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:38

ANGEL...

One of the answers I got was an angel - Rilke said every angel is terrible! That«s why I even bother with wings....

 

 

Holger replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:46

THINKING & BELIVING IS PROTECTION

Revelation 7:15 Therefore they are before the throne of God and serve him Day and Night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his

presence.

 

 

Susanne replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:49

PROTECTION

Why is Protection so importent for u

 

 

I.f replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:53

U

Is the bed your Place of Protection ????

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:54

HOLGER

http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-40-believe/ This one«s for uuuuuu Although I am not religious I am spiritual - I feel there«s an energy that«s higher

than anyone can ever imagine - that«s why I went to India to go and see beyond - now I sound like a clichŽ Hippie but that«s the truth - now I think of it again just because

you reminded me of it - Shanti shanti!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 18:55

SUSANNE

WHY LOVE?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:03

BED AS PLACE OF PROTECTION?

Well, the bed was among the many answers I got - no matter from which country nor religion - people are drawn to this last BASTILLION of shelter which is left - imagine

in the old days one would not be able to see another familys bedroom....now I sound like a granny - holy shit like bla bla all has been more priveŽ and protected but in a

way it was - now Media and total transparency made us so addicted to technology that we kind of kiss our smart phones good night rather than our beloved ones....a nice

metaphor for digital autism anyway - for me personally: MY bed is love and hate - I long for it but when I am in it I can«t relax - it«s like Fassbinder said: SCHLAFEN

KANN ICH WENN ICH TOT BIN!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:05

SCHLAF / SLEEP

MY DREAMS KEEP ME FROM SLEEP!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:09

I LIKE THIS ONE!

Why are you doing this? If only I knew ...

 

 

Jean replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:09

PROTECTON

IT was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-field did pass, In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do

sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. Between the acres of the rye, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, These pretty country folks would lie, In

the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. This carol they began that hour, With a hey, and a ho,

and a hey nonino, How that life was but a flower In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. And,

therefore, take the present time With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, For love is crown`d with the prime In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do

sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:12

MAYBE I«M JUST TIRED... ;-*

MAYBE I«M JUST TIRED!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:13

JEAN THE POET

Finally some poetry!!!!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:17

FOR U...

Can foreign eyes sate unconditionally oneÕs own desire? Only the lonely heart Knows love But also pain Togetherness Though poles apart In peace not war ThatÕs what I

call A mutual vision Filled with dreams

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:27

JOHN LENNON

I think what John Lennon said with IMAGINE PEACE could be translated into today with the following: IMAGINE POETRY When John and Yoko stayed in in bed for their

BED INS this was a different time and place - so they were singing and smoking and just peacefully lying in their comfort zone which said soooo much at the time -

decades later Tracey Emin turned her bed into a public sex space - now at the beginning of this century where everything already has been revealed - isn«t the only

chance not to survive in what I call digital autism if we just concentrate on the essence of things? Reflexion in and over beds this it!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:29

MORE POETRY!

I slowely feel like a drink ...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:34

TINA

I never really knwe where I was heading either ... I guess a lot of moral and also protection I got through my family - without them and their unconditional love I could

have never gone my way ...But what does unconditional love mean?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:37

PETER

I miss NY - I never had such adrenalin and power to conquer the streets but one does get lonely - loneliness can

KILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YOU!

 

 

Michaels replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:38

YES, A BED, THE ENDURING WOMB

But i'm reminded of a simple towel as used in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. That may suffice, that and a temperate climate and 'the essentials' Or more

abstractly, gently flowing thought. It's a good question to ask on your travels, I think. And yes, you do have my male gaze ;-)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:39

WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

Well, I ask myself sooooo many questions - don«t you feel it«s easier to answer just when u have no one to answer? left alone with your thoughts....

 

 

Michaels replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:07

yes, sure. Goethe says one can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. I ccannd a page of yours last night, you say you havent been alone for 1o

years... that can't be wholly good..

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:42

MICHAEL

Now u got me onto something - when did you read Hitchhiker through the galaxy? I think it«s not only about what you read but also when - I mean the time in your life ....

 

 

Michaels replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:09

NOT SURE WHAT YOU GOT ONTO,

Not sure what you got onto, but to answer you: probably in late teens, exploring what I liked. Did you read it?

 

 

I.f replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:44

PLACE OF PROTECTION

Dear Mia, My unforgettable Place of Protection was the warm "Bauchfell" of CARLOTTA, Our Irish wolfhound Girl. And i Wonder how you Could Feel protected during

Night in Kassel ... Without CARLOTTA. Love Anna

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:49

MY TRAVELS...

I can«t really remember when the journey started but it must be after my german ABITUR - I packed my gear and was off ... and away ... nowhere to go nowhere to

stay...I traveld to Australia first - back packing first just like in Alex garland«s book THE BEACH - what a trip! We all wanted to stay there didn«t we? Anyway their are

comments waiting but sometimes you get carried away with thoughts as well it«s just like you are trying to create and than you stumble into one idea after the other (

problem is to finish it ) so what I was thinking of was one episode where I had a tent in thailand for free because I did the dishes every morning and night at the common

beach house and there was this lady and we never talked but only comminucated through our eyes ... this was incredible - she said soooo much to me just with one look!

SAY MORE WITH LESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WORDS!

 

 

Gabriel replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:51

IS AUTISM WORKING FOR YOU?

Is autism working for you?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:54

ANNA

AHHH sister in crime - if I could I would post you the picture of Santa Claus my Dachshund! HE was the cleverest dog u can imagine - this is my only disagree with

GOETHE - If I was him I would have not used a poodle but a german saussage dog of course! Mine was black and beautiful!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:54

GABRIEL

jep

 

 

Marc replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:55

GANZ NAH

... Stehe neben deinem Bett. Uhiiiii

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:59

HM..

I guess it depends what you mean with autism ? Again it can be both - inner reflexion and silent solitude but also the worst case chaos scenario just like the total

apocalypse of isolation and pain....especially when you don«t have anyone who understands u!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:59

ALIEN

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ONE - the outsidde never really matched the inside and vice versa !

 

 

Franzi replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 19:59

AMSTERDAM IS UNDER YOUR

Amsterdam is under your pillow. proud of you, bed-sister :)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:00

MARC

and?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:01

FRANZI

Das gibt«s doch gar nicht - long time no seeeeeee Too long!!!!!!

 

 

Franzi replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:02

:-* ALWAYS IN MY HEART HONEY

:-* always in my heart honey

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:06

AMSTERDAM

A good spot for the bed of peace - I mean the original one which is from this prison I was looked in the isolation cell - sometimnes you need to show exactly the opposite

of what you want to say - like travelling to the moon and back...The bed needs to take on a journey just like an angel without wings and needs to be placed just where

peace is neededd - could be right in the middle of s Spiesser-Wohnung wo der Mann seine Frau schlŠgt genauso wie am Gazastreifen oder an einem der Orte am

Grenzübergang Berlin/Potsdam wo Menschen beim Mauerüberqueren erschossen warden...PEACE NEVER SLEEPS!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:07

WAIT

I have a poem for u: Sleeping seems like dying One lover is forced To separate the other And our dreams are crying

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:09

WE ARE ALL EQUAL

Loud music lost love The bullshit of the world Will cut us off I know it because slow and soft I feel the earth is moving No more ground beneath our feet Our life is off and

on as if Paralyzed by ecstasy and speed Is there a cure for madness In our minor minds Your silhouette in the mirror Makes my eyes go blind Are you there with me? Is

your head lying next to mine? One double room two single beds Our words have lost their rhyme

 

 

Franzi replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:11

NICE POEM JUST SO SAD

nice poem just so sad

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:12

XXX

why did you try to kill yourself?

 

 

Levke replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:13

MEIN ZEICHENTISCH, MEINE

Mein Zeichentisch, meine Phantasie , meine Bücher ...liebe Mia

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:14

SAD

Pain has always been the petrol for creativity! .........

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:15

LEVKE

If you can mAKE YOUR PASSION YOUR PROFESSION YOU ARE blessed!

 

 

Franzi replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:16

TRUE! WITHOUT PAIN THE WORLD

true! without pain the world would lack creativity happy people can be creative too but only to a certain point. most art projects developed out of doubt, pain, fear...

 

 

Johann replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:16

HAST DU HUNGER?

Hast Du Hunger?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:18

WORTHY TO POST:

true! without pain the world true! without pain the world would lack creativity happy people can be creative too but only to a certain point. most art projects developed out

of doubt, pain, fear...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:20

JOHANN

Hungry eyes closed ;-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:21

WHAT WOULD MADONNA DO?

irgendwie cool die Frage...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:32

REFLEXION

light fades thoughts appear... What«s interesting that the Emails I am getting which are not public seem to have some sort of soul, like as though the desire I feel - which

is the reason for everything I do - must be some kind of sense of my generation or what human beings have in common anyway just like Kant«s categorical Imperative so

how can we transform the feeling of ultimate shelter and protection where nothing can harm u into today«s society ?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:34

GABRIEL

u just send me an angel-buddha-karma-something to ponder over....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:38

WHAT CAN ONE SAY IF IT COMES TO LOVE?

Unattainable love hurts unattainable dreams set you free

 

 

Andrea12 replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 21:18

?

I'd like to see that.

 

 

Mabuse Mtz replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:49

PLACE OF PROTECTION

I imagine my place of protection is sitting in the back seat of a cop car with my hands cuffed.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:51

BONDAGE!

Nice - new one!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:54

ART MA WROTE:

KUNST IST UNSER †BERLEBENSMITTEL!

 

 

Kerstin von der... replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:54

ART

Mia Cherie, Gratulation zu Deiner Art Performance, wahnsinnig interessant. Leider kann ich Dich nur online begrü.en. Kisses Kerstin

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:56

MISS ART

WELCOME TO THE WAR OF ART! One part certainly is digital autism....

 

 

Martha Fessehatzion replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:58

HOW IS YOUR BACK DOING?

...would be willing to give you a 5 min massage!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:59

BACK MASSAGE FOR MIAAAAA

i take you on this one!

 

 

Andy replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 21:07

PROTECTION?

Protection is, where your heart is happy!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 21:09

1 2 3 VORBEI

Voila, it«s 9 o clock - time flies and should be saying: <bang bang and goodbye but ... there is no end until all ends

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 21:10

ANDY

tell me about your heart....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 21:15

DIGITAL EMERGENCY...

When your i pad and your i phone die at the same time !!!!!!!! HELPPPPPPPPPPP

 

 

Andrea12 replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 21:17

...then it is time to say good bye!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 21:22

GOOD NIGHT POEM

lieber Kunde, sie haben das Datenvolumen (aktuell 98%) erreicht - in kürze reduzieren wir ihre surfgeschwindigkeit entsprechend den tarifbedingungen....

 

 

Alexander Faust replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:11

.... MY PLACE OF PROTECTION

.... my place of protection is the love of my kids....

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:43

HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU HAVE? I

How many kids do you have? I think ultimate love we can only feel when we had this experience of actually looking into the eyes of someone how is made of our flesh

and blood - i mean i can only guess - i don«t have kids yet - only art babies how i call my artworks because I put so much HEARTBLOOD into them ( in fact in reality I

used a lot of blood for my installations ) so giving birth must be mind blowing and perhaps the most creative thing there is in the world...

 

 

Florian replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:55

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION

I am always working on expanding my place of protection. Therefore I am confronting myself with circumstances that give me the feeling of insecurity until they are losing

their threatening effect on me. Wouldn't it be nice to feel protected no matter where you are?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:27

GOOD MORNING!

Good morning!

 

 

Florian replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:56

GOOD MORNING :)

Good Morning :)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:26

LIFE«S A CHALLENGE RIGHT? IN

Life«s a challenge right? In a way your concept summerizes my way of working pretty well - if you don«t go beyond you ll never know what to find...if you don«t cut loose

there won«t be joy - if we don«t die there won«t be eternity...A Guru in India laughed at me when I asked him the protection question - he said the people in Europe are so

fearful that they even fear the fear - Angst vor Angst - that«s why they limit ate themselves and keep too much essentiel time worrying instead of creating - that«s when I

started putting even the downsides of life into something more powerful than anything: REFLEXION of protection....so what«s your ultimate vision in life after all?

 

 

Florian replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:54

FEAR

I agree. Fear is good as long as we use it as an engine to transform it to something we create. This will also help to lose the fear of fear - because we know it is only fear

and we can overcome it by our own action. My ultimate vision in life? I think it is to see the beauty in life and to be in harmony with my feelings, my thoughts and my

actions.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:02

THAT«S BEAUTIFUL - BUT IT«S

that«s beautiful - but it«s hard to bring together - if everything is peaceful I usually create chaos or a scenario so I need to start all over again - it«s a kind of everlasting

engine....the power of deconstruction! Like a child who«s happy to smash the BAUKL…TZE that he or she piled up...

 

 

Florian replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:13

YES, A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE WITH

Yes, a very good example with the Bauklštze! What I mean is not a peaceful life without worries - I think this would be very boring after a time. I mean to be in harmony

with oneself: also embracing the bad feelings, the fear, the unexpected things and challenges in life. Like to be ones own observer looking down on ourselves and smiling

while we watch ourselves playing on earth :)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:39

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD

Reminds me of that film I love so much - I think after all I just wanna be a child again anyway - back in the days one was innocent pure without any fear - so no protection

was needed anyway!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:16

HEAVEN OVER BERLIN

Good Morning from the Gallery at Auguststr. 2a ... Can somebody bring me a CafŽ Latte please ???

 

 

Jochen Goerdts replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:52

CAFFé LATTE

Grü. dich, Mia, darf es auch ein Frappuchino sein? LG

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:58

NE - DON«T BE A FOOL BE OLD

ne - don«t be a fool be old school - cafe latte pl ;-*

 

 

Jochen Goerdts replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:14

FROPPE

Nein, das mšchte ich nicht. Ich habe einen Frappuchino gekauft, aber er ist schon leer :-(. Ist es eine Kaltschaum-Matratze? LG Jochen

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:52

POEM OF THE DAY

My last thought last night before my head touched the pillow was: How on earth did Marina Abramovic last during her MOMA show 3 month motionless on a chair??? In

ARTIST IS PRESENT you get the dash of an idea but how did she really feel during performing? My first thought this morning on the way to the gallery was: I only have

three days left performing DIGITAL AUTISM while actually doing what the rest of the modern world is doing permanently every day anyway: Writing SMS and Emails!

What does that tell us?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:54

NOW

here comes the poem of the day for Marina Mia: Dear Art! You are my thief You steal my days My Tears My nights So basically You steal my life

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:14

MICHAELS

Hi, sorry had to answer the other chat....GOETHE is like the universe when it comes to words - the scene in Faust Forest/cave he says: so taumel ich von Begierde zu

Genuss und im Genuss verschmacht ich nach Begierde - there is no way to say it so beautifully in englisch .....

 

 

Michaels replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:19

VERSTEHE

verstehe

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:28

WHY DO YOU LIKE GOETHE? SINCE

Why do you like Goethe? SInce you brought the German Cowboy up....

 

 

Michaels replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:58

HE ROUNDED UP CATTLE? DO TELL

He rounded up cattle? Do tell.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:08

LOVE IT ;-*

LOVE IT ;-* Well, He«s the antithesis of a classical cowboy if you thing in stereotypes such as the Marlboro Man but that«s why for me he is - he could never be turned

into a family man nor normal person but must have been just like Kinski in our days some sort of last unicorn poet who must have been lonely and full of desire in his

restless heart - how else would he have been able to write the words he did?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:16

MIACHAELS

But coming back to your answer - do you mean you feel protected when you were a teenager and free and able to do what you want? Why do you think it changes when

we grow up?

 

 

Michaels replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:57

NO, I DIDN'T, AND I WASN'T.

No, I didn't, and I wasn't. The towel in the book is protective. People 'grow up' in different ways. We are all safe until we are not.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 13:24

FREUD

This was Freud speaking - I meant to answer MICHAELS but accidentially wrote: MIACHAELS - that«s funny ;-* I actually do comitt that digital autism drives me into

illiteracy !!!! Oh dear!

 

 

Michaels replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:05

A happy safe bed day to you Mia, it's back to the grindstone for me..

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:03

CAFE TIME

SOMEONE PLACED A COFFEE NEXT TO MY BED! THANNXXXX STRANGER

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:19

FOR MIACHAELS ;-+

alles VergŠngliche ist nur ein Gleichnis / Das UnzulŠngliche - hier wirds Ereignis / das Unsterbliche - hier ist's getan / das ewig-weibliche zieht uns hinan ....faust! AMEN!

 

 

Michaels replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:17

THAT TOO WILL PASS. :- )

that too will pass. :- )

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:42

TIME TO SHARE...

Last email I got: PLACE OF PROTECTION DOES NOT EXIST!

 

 

malte replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:57

PROTECTION

protection is fucked

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:17

FUCK PROTECTION!

FUCK PROTECTION! FUCK LOVE! FUCK ALL UNTILL WE ALL FUCK OFF AND DIE!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:03

MY NEXT PERFROMANCE ...

For me the most controversial place of protection is the incubator box - protected and isolated at the same time - the Utopia of a place just like the womb ... that«s on my

mind right now and I just performed it in Austria a few days ago - that«s why it«s such a clash of feeling for me right now: in Innsbruck I was so isolated - almost naked

inside a transparent object where everybody could touch me - and now yet on the contrary but strangely enough it just feels the same - I am in stuck in this prison bed

almost like under a K€SEGLOCKE where there seems to be an invisible shield around me so people are just next to me but like invisble strangers who can only *touch*

me via internet - through the multimedia milky way of cyberspace....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:18

MALTE

do you feel unprotected? If yes why?

 

 

Martha Fessehatzion replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:24

HALLO MIA

Hallo Mia

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:29

HALLO AGAIN

hallo again how are u today? I need to peeeeeeeee so desperately ;-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:30

HALLO AGAIN

hallo again how are u today? I need to peeeeeeeee so desperately ;-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:38

UMBILICAL CORDS

what does this mean metaphorically in our society ? with who do we have them? and why?

 

 

July replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:44

ARE YOU TIRED?

Are you tired?

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:49

NEEE - THIS IS LIKE ADRENALIN

neee - this is like adrenalin through my venes ...but funnyliy enough the subtitle for peace never sleeps is: MAYBE I«M JUST TIRED! ;-* in terms of the bullshit of the

world ...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:53

FOR EVRYTHING THERE IS A POEM ...

Love bomb Certain things make you sad and sick They crawl under your scull From small they soon get big and bigger Like from a pistol trigger Into a terror bomb

Turning me all dark from blond I wanna end this thing ThatÕs doing this to me Too long itÕs been like this Too much I miss Is paradise too much to ask for? If yes just kiss

my ass

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:02

WHO OF US HUMAN BEINGS LIVING

Who of us human beings living on this earth is not TIRED???

 

 

Hana replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:10

MIA WEISS - HAT DIR VLLCHT

Mia Weiss - hat dir vllcht schon jemand gesagt, dass das Šhnlich wie Mia Wallace von dem Film Pulp Fiction klingt? I funnily know some Mias and they r all really fierce.

Und ehrlich gesagt, ich habe schon darüber nachgedacht, dass ich meine Tochter, falls ich eine habe oder falls ich überhaupt kinder habe (eimmalllll) Mia nennen würde.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:12

MIA WALLACE IS MIA WEISS

...but where is my VINCENT VEGA???

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:30

PULP FICTION

one of the legendray film of all times - and you know why? Because Tarantino was one of the first directors in his decade - of course after Hitchcock, Truffaut and Kubrick

etc - who did a movie differently...just telling multiple stories starting from the ending mixing the characters just like in a game! TO BE UNIQUE YOU GOT TO BE

DIFFERENT!

 

 

Hana replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:14

MY DAD SAID

+ für meinem Vater ist die Küche oder die Toilette the Place of Protection. Habe gestern mit ihm geskyped....oder gar beides zusammen, wenn das existiren würde, hat

er gesagt :D

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:36

KITCHEN - KLO

nice - i heared both answers before - kitchen not so much like the toilet though....but I have one fellow artist MR.BRAINWASH who also said the toilet watch:

http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/digital-poetrypoem-clip-49-art/

 

 

Heinz-Theo Frings replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:35

MIAS PEACE

Heinz-Theo Frings wrote: So viele KriegsschauplŠtze in der Welt: Der Friede unter Drogen, von Macht und Gewalt betŠubt, in Syrien zum Beispiel. Machthaber

hypnotisieren ihn, den Frieden, und legen in Nordkorea ein Bedrohungsgehabe an den Tag, dass man dreinschlagen mšchte - Friedenliebe ins Gegenteil verkehrt.

†berall auf der Welt dieser unselige Versuch, den Frieden einzuschlŠfern durch †bergriffe und †berfŠlle. Doch er lebt und ist hellwach, dieser Friede, und in Schillers

Werk nicht zu sedieren, wenn weltweit Friedensglocken lŠuten: "Holder Friede, Sü.e Eintracht, Weilet, weilet Freundlich über dieser Stadt! Mšge nie der Tag erscheinen,

Wo des rauhen Krieges Horden Dieses stille Tal durchtoben, Wo der Himmel, Den des Abends sanfte Ršte Lieblich malt, Von der Dšrfer, von der StŠdte Wildem Brande

schrecklich strahlt!" (Friedrich Schiller. Das Lied von der Glocke) Bleiben wir wach für den Frieden!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:57

PEGASUS

Thank you so much for this impact of beauty! Dann antworte ich eben auf deutsch: Schiller hat für mich eine grosse Relevanz - aber nicht nur wegen seines Frieden

Gedichtes sondern gleichermassen für Pazifismus stehend die Zeilen zu seinem beflügeltem Friedenspferd: Pegasus im Joche Auf einen Pferdemarkt - vielleicht zu

Haymarket, Wo andre Dinge noch in Ware sich verwandeln, Bracht einst ein hungriger Poet Der Musen Ro§, es zu verhandeln. Hell wieherte der Hippogryph Und

bŠumte sich in prŠchtiger Parade; Erstaunt blieb jeder stehn und rief: ÈDas edle, kšnigliche Tier! Nur schade, Da§ seinen schlanken Wuchs ein hŠ§lich Flügelpaar

Entstellt! Den schšnsten Postzug würd es zieren. Die Rasse, sagen sie, sei rar, Doch wer wird durch die Luft kutschieren? Und keiner will sein Geld verlieren.Ç Ein

Pachter endlich fa§te Mut. ÈDie Flügel zwarÇ, spricht er, Èdie schaffen keinen Nutzen, Doch die kann man ja binden oder stutzen, Dann ist das Pferd zum Ziehen immer

gut. Ein zwanzig Pfund, die will ich wohl dran wagen.Ç Der TŠuscher, hochvergnügt, die Ware loszuschlagen, SchlŠgt hurtig ein. ÈEin Mann, ein Wort!Ç Und Hans trabt

frisch mit seiner Beute fort. Das edle Tier wird eingespannt. Doch fühlt es kaum die ungewohnte Bürde, So rennt es fort mit wilder Flugbegierde Und wirft, von edelm

Grimm entbrannt, Den Karren um an eines Abgrunds Rand. ÈSchon gutÇ, denkt Hans. ÈAllein darf ich dem tollen Tiere Kein Fuhrwerk mehr vertraun. Erfahrung macht

schon klug. Doch morgen fahr ich Passagiere, Da stell ich es als Vorspann in den Zug. Die muntre Krabbe soll zwei Pferde mir ersparen, Der Koller gibt sich mit den

Jahren.Ç Der Anfang ging ganz gut. Das leichtbeschwingte Pferd Belebt der Klepper Schritt, und pfeilschnell fliegt der Wagen. Doch was geschieht? Den Blick den

Wolken zugekehrt, Und ungewohnt, den Grund mit festem Huf zu schlagen, VerlŠ§t es bald der RŠder sichre Spur, Und treu der stŠrkeren Natur, Durchrennt es Sumpf

und Moor, geackert Feld und Hecken; Der gleiche Taumel fa§t das ganze Postgespann, Kein Rufen hilft, kein Zügel hŠlt es an, Bis endlich, zu der Wandrer Schrecken,

Der Wagen, wohlgerüttelt und zerschellt, Auf eines Berges steilem Gipfel hŠlt. ÈDas geht nicht zu mit rechten DingenÇ, Spricht Hans mit sehr bedenklichem Gesicht. ÈSo

wird es nimmermehr gelingen; La§ sehn, ob wir den Tollwurm nicht Durch magre Kost und Arbeit zwingen.Ç Die Probe wird gemacht. Bald ist das schšne Tier, Eh noch

drei Tage hingeschwunden, Zum Schatten abgezehrt. ÈIch habs, ich habs gefunden!Ç Ruft Hans. ÈJetzt frisch, und spannt es mir Gleich vor den Pflug mit meinem

stŠrksten Stier.Ç Gesagt, getan. In lŠcherlichem Zuge Erblickt man Ochs und Flügelpferd am Pfluge. Unwillig steigt der Greif und strengt die letzte Macht Der Sehnen an,

den alten Flug zu nehmen. Umsonst, der Nachbar schreitet mit Bedacht, Und Phšbus' stolzes Ro§ mu§ sich dem Stier bequemen, Bis nun, vom langen Widerstand

verzehrt, Die Kraft aus allen Gliedern schwindet, Von Gram gebeugt das edle Gštterpferd Zu Boden stürzt und sich im Staube windet. ÈVerwünschtes Tier!Ç bricht

endlich Hansens Grimm Laut scheltend aus, indem die Hiebe flogen. ÈSo bist du denn zum Ackern selbst zu schlimm? Mich hat ein Schelm mit dir betrogen.Ç Indem er

noch in seines Zornes Wut Die Peitsche schwingt, kommt flink und wohlgemut Ein lustiger Gesell die Stra§e hergezogen. Die Zither klingt in seiner leichten Hand, Und

durch den blonden Schmuck der Haare Schlingt zierlich sich ein goldnes Band. ÈWohin, Freund, mit dem wunderlichen Paare?Ç Ruft er den Baur von weitem an. ÈDer

Vogel und der Ochs an einem Seile, Ich bitte dich, welch ein Gespann! Willst du auf eine kleine Weile Dein Pferd zur Probe mir vertraun, Gib acht, du sollst dein Wunder

schaun!Ç Der Hippogryph wird ausgespannt, Und lŠchelnd schwingt sich ihm der Jüngling auf den Rücken. Kaum fühlt das Tier des Meisters sichre Hand, So knirscht es

in des Zügels Band Und steigt, und Blitze sprühn aus den beseelten Blicken, Nicht mehr das vorge Wesen, kšniglich, Ein Geist, ein Gott, erhebt es sich, Entrollt mit

einemmal in Sturmes Wehen Der Schwingen Pracht, schie§t brausend himmelan, Und eh der Blick ihm folgen kann, Entschwebt es zu den blauen Hšhen.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 17:04

PEGASUS IN HARNESS

At a horse market - perhaps Haymarket, Where other things even transform itself into a commodity, Applied once a hungry poet Steed of the Muses, to negotiate it.

Light whinnied the Hippogriff And reared in a magnificent parade; Each stand was amazed and exclaimed: "The noble, royal beast! Just a pity That its slender stature, a

hideous pair of wings Disfigured! It'd decorate the most beautiful mail train. The race, they say, is rare, But who will be chauffeured through the air? And no one wants to

lose money. " A Pachter finally took courage. "The wing though," he says, "that create no benefit But yes you can tie or clip, Then the horse to draw is always good. A

twenty pounds, which I will probably venture it. " The Deceiver, highly amused to strike the goods, Proposes a briskly. "A man, a word!" Hans fresh and trots away with

his booty. The noble animal is clamped. But it hardly feels the unfamiliar burden So it runs off with a wild desire Flight And throws, burning with wrath edelm, The cart to

the edge of a precipice. "All right," thought Hans. "But I must the great animals No more wagon confide. Experience makes even wise. But tomorrow I'll drive passengers

As I imagine it as a bias in the train. The merry crab to spare me two horses, Koller gives himself over the years. " The beginning went quite well. The light-winged horse

Revives the Klepper step, and swift as an arrow flies the car. But what happens? The view facing the clouds, And unfamiliar to hit the ground with solid hoof, Leaves

soon the wheels sichre track And true to the stronger nature, Charge through it by swamp and marsh, plowed field and hedges; The same wobble sums up the whole

post trailer, Call no help, no reins keeps at it, Until finally, to the wanderer terror The car, well shaken and shattered, Holds on a steep mountain peaks. "It's not about

having the right things" Hans speaks with a very dubious face. "That will never succeed; Let me see, not whether we have the Great Worm Force by meager fare and

work. " The sample is taken. Soon, the beautiful animal, Eh three more days to go esch sore, Emaciated to the shadows. "I have it, I found habs!" Hans calls. "Now,

fresh, and it stretched me Equal to the plow with my strongest bull. " Said and done. In the course ridiculous One sees the ox and plow horse on the wings. Unwilling

increases the gripping and hard the last power The tendons to take the old airport. In vain, the neighbor below wisely And Phoebus' proud steed must be the bull

convenient, Until now, consumed by the long resistance, The force of all the members disappears, Of Gram bowed the noble horse gods Falls to the ground and writhes

in the dust. "Accursed beast!" Finally breaks Hansen Grimm According scolding from the bats flew by. "So are you for plowing itself to bad? I was a rogue cheated with

you. " While he was still in his anger rage The whip swings, comes fast and cheerfully A boon companion, the road moved here. The zither sounds in his light hand, And

by the blond hair jewelry Wraps dainty a golden band. "Where, friend, with the whimsical couples?" He calls the Baur from afar. "The Bird and the ox by a rope, I ask you,

what a team! Want a little while Your Horse Sample confide to me Take heed, you shall behold your miracle! " The hippogriff is unclamped, And smiling to the boy

swinging him on the back. Hardly feels the animal sichre hand of the Master, So it crunches in the rein band And rising, and lightning Evereven from the soulful gaze, No

longer the pre-beings, royal, A spirit, a god, it rises, Unrolls a sudden storm in labor The swing splendor, shoots roaring skyward, And before the view can follow him It

soars to the heights blue.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 16:36

WOW

Someone just send me Schiller«s lines ... which I sooooo deeply love! From his peace piece - I have to translate it into englisch now to post so it can take a while but we

need to add it to the protection list we are creating now!

 

 

Miri replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 17:44

LOVE

I feel protected when I'm with the ones I love- my husband, my children, my close friends. So I guess my ultimate "place" of protection is love.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 17:44

THE PEGASUS IS NOT A HORSE

The Pegasus is not a horse nor an angel - it«s an alien - just like me or the rest of us who are different - it is as a simple but profound metaphor that Schiller is using - a

horse with wings has no use for the human beings - it can«t work nor does it make any sense to anyone who thinks inside a box - only a poet who comes across touches

the Pegasus gently so his wings can spread and he can fly away into heaven....there again is the metaphorical aspect of touching - every creature needs to be touched -

and the Ecce Home as crown of the evolution - would be dying if there was no touching - so in a way it resembles the incubator box where touching is reduced to the limit

of putting your hand in a whole - or coming back to the actual perfromance I am in right now - if beings touch their technical tools such as iPad iMac or iphone more than

themselves than there is alert.... simply the movement towards DIGITAL AUTISM!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 17:49

WHY LOVE?

LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 17:53

LOVE AGAIN

in the other chat people writing every second answer ... LOVE so after all there is hope left ?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 17:50

<HEY MIRI

watch: http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-27-love/ this one«s for u

 

 

Miri replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:07

UH I LIKE THAT

uh I like that

 

Miri replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 17:54

LOVE LIFTS US UP WHERE WE

Love lifts us up where we belong...

 

 

Hana replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:02

LOVE

Hi Mia , we are Heer Dieter und Markus

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:08

WELCOME TO THE MULTIMEDIA

welcome to the multimedia milky way of the digital cyberspace, cowboys!

 

 

Yujin replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:36

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION IS...

Hi Mia! My Place of Protection is my mom. Whenever i am sad, afraid or depressed, just thinking about her strengt and love bring's me back to calm. :) Best, Yujin

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:37

YUJIN - IS THAT YOU?

Halllooooooo

 

 

Charles Raven replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:48

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION

i am sitting in heavy traffic and is there any traffic where u are? do u feel protected locked away, burnt out in a world that wont free me. left out away from a meening, are

we really dealing our own deck of cards? what is your place of protection? quote me I dare u....still stuck in traffic while u are sitting in bed waiting for something to

happen or someone to come. i state my acceptance cause it is all I got xxx charles raven

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 12:09

HEY MR TRAFFIC JAM

I got your message this morning - did u get home safe and sound? The only traffic I am dealing with is my multimedia milkyway I created myself ;-* What my place of

protection is? After all it«s Utopia of course but - since the last illusion before disillusion is love - I have this vision of a womb to be my place of protection - whether it«s the

actual one or just a metaphor i am not quite sure myself - all I want by asking that question that reflexion starts and YOU make something out of it yourself...so what`s

your place of protection ? I did an installation that invites the viewer to experience how often this question has animated people to spontaneously express deeply

personal,statements that extend well beyond the notion of mere physical inviolability. Again and again those questioned seem at first to be struck with wonder by what

they are being asked. But, as Plato already noted: Wonder is where all philosophy begins...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:49

IF YES ....

MUMS ARE THE BEST !!! MY MUM is so much an inspiration for me that I even want to lay naked with her in my Incubator box - she is a true soul and spirit - if I could I

would be going back into the womb - just to be inside this place of unconditional love which I have lost ever I got into this world - That is probably why the Uterus is so

important for me - because it«s the closest we get to our mothers - and ultimate protection!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:51

CONNECT TO PROTECT!

connect to protect...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:59

NOW DISCONNECT!

now disconnect until tomorrow! Love and thanxxx

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 11:27

HALLELUJA!

Welcome back to the digital cave in Augustr.2a.... The kiss of snow is cold I miss summer I close my eyes Nowhere to bury my head

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 12:15

LOVE AGAIN!

Another answer I want to share - yes we people lack love need love and desire love - it«s so simply sometimes.... *i think my place of protection is in the arms of

someone i love love* from Birgit

 

 

Ghaleb replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 12:25

MY PLACE(S)

Der Mia, My places of Protection are those precious Moments of Freedom When i can do whatever i Feel doing. Like wandering in Berlin and Shopping by randomly in a

Gallery to Enjoy an inspiring Performance. Cheers, G.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 12:30

FREEDOM! HEY GHALEB - I JUST

Freedom! Hey Ghaleb - I just put George Michaels song on....so you inspired me today! Thanxxx for your honesty ;-* and you know what: in a way it almost sounds as

though you are reffering to the little things in life which are more precious than anything than money can buy...I hope you have loads to come up with!

 

 

Ghaleb replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 23:59

FREEDOM !

Hey Mia, I'm glad I've inspired you back ;) talking about inspiration, if youre still in bed and have some time, I invite you to have a look at my blog

www.alicebackfromwonderland.com it is mainly in french but images are universal right ? Bonne nuit

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 12:27

WHO PROTECTS US FROM US?

I asked someone who wants to stay anonymous who he thinks protects him - he said he has not time considering those things.... That«s what he replied: Considering my

private life... things are much looser, but still, I am the one who has got the responsibility for wife and children. Actually I am not looking for protection but for loosing

control. To give up and to give in.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 12:32

TIGER ALERT!!!

Shall I really post this: Hey Mia - du stinkst wie ein Tiger! Smell happens ;-***

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 12:48

CLOUDS

If clouds are your place of protection than I have the perfect painter for you to check out her exhibition at my gallery Morgen Contemporary - Yujin - http://www.morgencontemporary.

com - I think it«s interesting to think of something so fragile and transparent like a cloud that can protect us - it«s almost like the beauty of transciene just

like the human being - I wonder whether we ill find a way to prolong our stay on earth or not? At the end will immortality be heaven or hell???????????????

 

 

Hana replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:11

HELLO AGAIN

Hi Mia, hello again. Nice seeing u. :) How did u sleep today?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:38

MMMMMMMMORNING ;-*

Hi Hana, nice to know you came back - I just thought of this profound sentence .... sleeping seems like dying and our dreams are crying.... probably because I had really

crazy dreams last night which I call DNA - DIGITALNIGHTMARE APOCALYPSE, wait...

 

 

Hana replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:22

I READ WHAT THE PEOPLE WHERE

I read what the People where writing and I really liked some posts - yours and from others. The women, who wrote about her mom - I also always feel Save and calmer,

when she is around. Or just being with someone, who is really close to me. For example - my close friend Masa, cigarettes, mornings and our Little balcony on the

highest floor of (in comparison to Berlin) a Little City.

 

 

Hana replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:24

AUTOCORRECT

Autocorrect in this site is killing me! Was writing the previous Post for like 10min! Grrr

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:54

CEMETERY OF CYBERSPACE

I am so with you - you wanna jump of the roof after you connected word after the other until discovering that they sometimes vanish into a digital Nirvana where they will

be gone forever ... and you will never get your text the way it was ... hey - maybe there is like a cyberspace cemetery where all the DELETED information of the whole

world is storaged?Whoever those guys are - they ll become bigger than Facebook ;-*

 

 

Eva replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:38

BAD MOOD

how to Save yourself from a day which couldn t have started Worse? When you have disappointed several people already?

¥ +3

¥

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:41

NOT THE END YET!

....everything will be ok in the end - if it«s not ok it«s not the end!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:45

EVA, I DON«T KNOW WHAT

Eva, I don«t know what happened and why you are sad but believe me: this is my stage of mind half the time ;-* because I am also trying too hard to please others or to

change sometimes even I don«t want to - maybe that«s even the reason for my question: What is your place of protection? I am not saying it works with me - I guess I am

like the doctor who«s a chain-smoker ;- and does not exercise at all but what can always be powerful is simply your mind and your thoughts - because those belong only

to yourself and no one else - no disappointment, no expectations no nothing - just like eternal sleep which is a glimpse of peace with eyes closed .... isn«t it?

 

 

stefan replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:52

COFFEE

coffee protects u from what?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:55

MY ONE AND ONLY DRUG

I am a coffee addict are you not?

 

 

robert replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:57

PROTECTION

The best protection any artist can have... is courage

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 14:03

NICE AND RIGHT!

nice and right!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 14:04

HEY ROBERT

what is your place of protection?

 

 

Rainer Mahendra... replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 14:05

WHO IS IN?

Who is in?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 14:09

?

Who is in what? Didn«t get your question ... maybe I am already toooooooooooo digitally autisted ;-)

 

Mike Kuhlmann replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 14:33

FRAUNACHBAR

.... ich mag Deine Kunst und Dich.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:08

OH LA LA ...FRAUNACHBAR!

Thanxx for the virtual flowers! My neighbour - who is actually a painter himself - and me have a crazy story that combines us - and I like to share it because it«s another

metaphor for the digital autism I am performing since thursday in Berlin, so here we go: SInce nearly 3 years I have a studio in an old warehouse where only offices are

and the only humans living in this surrounding is my neighbor - one of the last Dandies and me - the crazy girl. I like to emphasize the fact of a young girl ( well not so

young anymore ;-) and an older man ( not so old of course ;-) just like in a Thomas Mann novel for instance THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN because it gets a movie character

this way....Anyway, the neighbor and I never see each other - unless a few times in those years when we happen to empty the trash in the yard! We like each others face

book comments, write sms from time to time, share invites and events via email, talk on the phone every now and again - like last time when I called him in the middle of

the night because I had to smash 3 prison beds from my Documenta perfromance to take them to Berlin and the noise was so loud that I feared he would be falling out of

his bed .... my point is: We never talk and see each other - it«s a virtual way of knowing of each other but our lives seem to be so busy that we don«t even have time to

share a simple coffee or manage to have a REAL conversation - another way of digital autism! So Mr. neighbor - when I will survive this shit and don«t end up in the

lunatic cell we will have a date! Done!

 

 

Rainer Mahendra... replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 14:41

HI

Hi Why do you think art Neefs to protected ?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:38

PROTECTION?

Hi Rainer, now I get it - I totally feel that art needs protection - just like any other diverse range of human activities and their products - the ones who produce it need

protection big time as well since they expose their inner feelings to the public - there is a german word called UNGEBORGENHEIT - this you can feel everywhere so why

not within art? Protection is no solution but an idea or a vision which could make be liberating ....

 

 

Hana replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:15

"ART PROTECTOR"

You have called/named yourself "Art protector" - can you please explain a bit more about that? + :)

 

 

Peter Pan replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:34

PROTECTION

I've always been sacred and feel that I do not have any place where I can truly come to rest. I sometimes feel this is a symptom of our sped-up/fed-up material world.You

went to India for example and visited some of the poorest people in the world. How do you think do they find spiritual protection? They seem invincible in their beliefs.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:48

THE LESS YOU FEAR THE LESS

The less you fear the less you need to worry! My Guru in India would always say - to any sorts of problems, worries or concerns: GIVE IT TO HARI! Hari is a sanskrit

word and often used as a name for Vishnu, a Hindu God. It goes with a hand movement where you pretend as though you through something behind you ;-* At first you

feel funny doing it but since in India everything feels strange you get used to it very soon! My deepest experience actually was when I stayed at an orphan try to work

with the homeless kids - I did not think I would have the strenght to do but it was my blessing - almost as though the spoilt rich kid from the western world enters a kind of

transmission zone where no rules where the way I would know them - simply life lay infront of me and I had the chance to embrace it - which I did... I wanna show you

something, Peter Pan: http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-50-children/

 

 

Peter Pan replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:35

SCARED...NOT SACRED...DAMN

scared...not sacred...damn autocorrect

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:40

I THINK THE AUTOCORRECTION

I think the autocorrection has no protection!!!!!

 

 

Ibrahim replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:36

DER ORT DES SCHUTZES

Liebe Künstlerin, Sie sind an mehreren Orten in Ihrem Bett gewesen. Wo hat man denn am meisten das Gefühl, im Bett geschützt zu sein? Wo steht das Bett am

geschütztesten? Herzliche Grüsse Ibrahim Gulnar

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:37

MEIN BETT

The story of the bed... my bed comes from a prison in Kassel where hundreds of prisoners slept in until it«s closing a few years ago - so per se it«s a bed with a history -

which is an important contradiction because usually a bed is a comfort zone and nice and comfy right? This is not he case here - the perfromance PEACE NEVER

SLEEPS is really about placing something from one world into a different environment - so I sleep outside where as the opposite the bed takes place in the gallery space

where I am digitally autistic and wide awake via drugs we all consume every day: digital technology! Your question is really important because it«s the essence of what I

am doing - the answer is kind of like my Leitmotiv - IN BETWEEN! Torn between the two worlds - the condition of protection / fear , live / death , desire / addiction , health

/ sickness and so on and on .... after all there is no safe place - it«s all about where the bed makes the most sense! I might not even be in it if I put it in the middle of a war

zone because it says it all by itself - perfection is reached when nothing can be taken away .... I am on my way there ....the nucleus of things!

 

 

Peter Pan replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 15:59

I AM REALLY MOVED BY THAT

I am really moved by that clip. So amazing how you have shown what life is about in those few minutes of film. I cried a little, when the boy said that he had no dream.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:12

THE BOY WITHOUT THE DREAM....

I feel I can trust you so I wanna share the story with you: In the orphantry near Rishikesh are all the children no one wants - ones have worse stories than others - it goes

from prostitution to begging, living on the streets and diseases to any horror you can possibly think of and in our world just seems like a foreign nightmare - the boy

without the dream has a scarf on his head - and never talked - until I was with him a few times - he stopped talking after his whole family died in a an accident - they were

so poor - his parents and his 7 siblings that every night they sleppt in the gutter with only the shirt they are wearing as a cushion - one night a truck lost control and killed

all of them ...except him! I don«t know how many years agao it was but after the accident the boy never said a word - thats why I dedicated one poem clip to him bceause

he finally did answer my question of protection: I DON`T HAVE ANY DREA! Now that makes me cry thinking of it....

 

 

Alice replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:26

HALL…CHEN

Hallo Mia, Tolle Performance, die Idee find ich toll. Wie lang musst du das denn machen? Ist das sehr anstrengend? Vielleicht sieht man sich ja nochmal :) Grü.e Alice

(Die Tochter von Dieter)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:41

ALICE! MY ANGEL!

Nice you stepped by - your dad wrote to me yesterday but I had no idea when he was here - so you finally saw my work ;-* I am inside my digitally autistic bed everyday

for 8 hours all days of gallery weekend - until tomorrow night! I ll see you when I see you - take care and this one is for you: http://www.art-protector.com/digitalpoetry/

poem-clip-54-angel/

 

 

O. replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:35

...EVERYWHERE

...and nowhere because its always depending on my mood. If I Feel good my place of protection can be everywhere - flying in a airplane 10.000m in the Air somewhere

over the ocean, at the beach, at home or just in a nice bar late in the Night together with some Friends.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:48

O O

Love it - everywhere and nowhere! What a beautiful answer - have not come across this one so far.... that means being at ease with one self - hardest thing for me - just

like love and hate!

 

 

O. replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:19

LOVE OR HATE...

... I prefer love. Life is short and therefore our time is limited. There are not really much things which I really hate but many things which I love :-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:50

TIME TO SPREAD SOME PRIVATE ANSWERS ....

I wonder if they invent an iPad for the feet - this way we could add even more channels of communication .... let me have a look in my mailbox now to reveal some new

answers...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 16:58

I THINK YOU NEED PROTECTION ....

Thank you - can I actually hire you every day to make it happen ;-* Nice that someone thinks I need protection - I do! That«s why I face my fear so many times with

everything I perform - If I remember the Hollywood sign - I was dead scared ! The craziest moment of my life so to speak sitting on the H letter and feeling the wind

blowing in my wings fighting with my strength whether I would fall down or not...This symbol is so important for me because it reflects the hypocracy of Hollywood -

Everybody in LA is chasing their dream but only one little minority makes it - the rest is slowely fading away just like the sunset over Venice beach where I stayed with the

homeless for my Art Angel performance - Hollywood is both - the landmark visualizing our dreams but at the same time it is hope as well as despair .... and it«s the most

protected sign in the US - just like the White House - only Angels can fly up their ....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:05

HOLLYWOOD SIGN / WIKIPEDIA

The Hollywood Sign (formerly known as the Hollywoodland Sign) is a landmark and American cultural icon located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated on Mount Lee

in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The sign overlooks the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. "HOLLYWOOD" is spelled out in 45-foot-tall (14 m)

[1] and 350-foot-long (110 m) white capital letters. It was originally created as an advertisement for local real estate development in 1923, but garnered increasing

recognition after the sign was left up.[2] The sign was a frequent target of pranks and vandalism but has since undergone restoration, including the installation of a

security system to deter vandalism. The sign is protected and promoted by the Hollywood Sign Trust, a nonprofit organization. From the ground, the contours of the hills

give the sign its "wavy" appearance, as reflected in the Hollywood Video logo, for example. When observed at a comparable altitude, as in the photo shown on the right,

the letters appear nearly level. The sign makes frequent appearances in popular culture, particularly in establishing shots for films and television programs set in or

around Hollywood. Signs of similar style, but spelling different words, are frequently seen as parodies.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:08

AFTER ALL IT«S JUST A DREAM ...

Everything is just a dream! This chat might be like the Matrix and does not exist in reality - your life might be just the vision of something that is happening everyday but is

not real - the only thing which is no illusion is an ANGEL!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:16

EVERY ANGEL IS TERROR!

I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence. For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we still are just able to endure, and we are so awed

because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Every angel is terrifying. And so I hold myself back and swallow the call-note of my dark sobbing. Ah, whom can we ever

turn to in our need? Not angels, not humans, and already the knowing animals are aware that we are not really at home in our interpreted world. Rilke - the first elegy

 

 

stefan replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:21

ART

... alle kunst ist schrecklich, weil sie uns gelassen verschmŠht . ;-)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:22

ONCE AND FOR ALL:

The only reason why an angel is interesting for me is because it is the biggest projection we have - it«s a metaphor that only the individual can answer. An angel is the

opposite of a human being - the symbol of what we are not...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:24

STEFAN ...

no way - your quote is from Rilke and I like your adaption ...it«s like Nietzsche who said: DENN ALLE LUST WILL EWIGKEIT / ALL JOY WANTS ETERNITY but you can

turn it like you just did into: DENN ALLE KUNST WILL EWIGKEIT / ALL ART WANTS ETERNITY!!!! Scheiss, dass nicht schon Schluss ist - das wŠre my favourite last

quote of the day !!!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:27

PRIVATE PEACE

My place of protection is digital - do you know what this can mean ?

 

 

ronny wirtt replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:28

HM

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' Erich Fromm love = protection

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:31

WATCH AND LEARN

When I was in Davos at the World Economic Forum - a place that is protected and tries to protect - I asked Media Artist Aaron Koblin what his place of protection was ...

he referred to it as the INTERNET - so hearing your answer - as in a digital place - I think you might like to watch his which I turned into one of my poem clips for Video

Installation: http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-07-internet/

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:34

UNBELIVABLE,,,,

Someone I know from Frankfurt just commented to the Peace address: hm Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I

love you.' Erich Fromm love = protection

 

 

Maren replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:44

HALLO

Hallo Wie geht es dir? Vielleicht kann ich dich ja mal besuchen kommen.:-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:47

MEINE MAREN

Wie geht«s dir? kannst du auch auf englisch schreiben? Wo fühlst du dich am geborgensten? Du kannst mir diese Frage beantworten wenn du magst ....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:45

WENN SCHON DENN SCHON.....

Ich bringe es nicht fertig Erich Fromm zu zitieren auf Englisch - also sorry lovely Art Parasites - now german: Was es ist Es ist Unsinn sagt die Vernunft Es ist was es ist

sagt die Liebe Es ist Unglück sagt die Berechnung Es ist nichts als Schmerz sagt die Angst Es ist aussichtslos sagt die Einsicht Es ist was es ist sagt die Liebe Es ist

lŠcherlich sagt der Stolz Es ist leichtsinnig sagt die Vorsicht Es ist unmšglich sagt die Erfahrung Es ist was es ist sagt die Liebe

 

 

Maren replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:52

MIR GEHTS GUT

Mir gehts gut Und ich kann ein bisschen auf englisch schreiben Und am geborgesten fühl ich mich zuhause bei meinen eltern

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:57

SWEET

very nice - you know what - meeee too! Sometimes I just wanna be a kid again at home with my parents - here«s the crazy thing: I have not had a home cooked meal in

.... don«t know how many years! It seems as though the older we get the more the traditional things like sharing a meal at home, going to church, having time for a walk

etc fade away...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 17:53

IN BETWEEN SOME GOD OLD FACE BOOK...

M. A. du hast damals schon geschrieben, als wir uns getroffen haben. habe deinen gedichtband noch, den du mir gegeben hast 15:55 Mia Florentine Weiss das waere

super wenn du mit mir in meinem live chat kommunizierst - endlich mal ein brother in crime ...;-* 16:17 M.A. nice, aber stehe eher auf die klassische kommunikation.

mache pbrigens eine grosse party am 18.5. falls du lust u zeit hast 16:58 Mia Florentine Weiss No online Action no Party ! 17:34 M.A. oh, mia. so radikal? gefŠllt mir

17:37 Mia Florentine Weiss connect to protect - or fuck off and die! 17:39 M.A. hm, das scheint der russ einflu§ deines vaters zu sein, mia. grü.« ihn bitte von mir u: i fuck

off & die for today

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:03

RIGHT NOW!

Place of protection via peace address : right now right here right there Year!

 

 

Maren replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:06

WER IST M.A DU?

wer ist M.A du?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:10

NE

just someone who wrote in a different chanel / jemand der nicht šffentlich schreiben wollte daher die Initialen Hier ist ein Poem clip für dich, wo eine Frau im Flugzeug

hoch über den WOlken gesagt hat, dass ihre gršsste Geborgenheit ihre Familie ist genau wie deine ;-* http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-03-family/

 

 

Maren replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:16

:D

:D

 

 

Maren replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:19

VIELLEICHT KANN ICH DICH BALD

vielleicht kann ich dich bald mal besuchen kommenmit Luise vielleicht

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:36

LUISE

Luise kann mit Chatten ;-* Frag sie nach ihrem place of protection - also der Geborgenheit ... Kuss Mia

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:22

BIENALE

congratulations with you marathon work recent day and the photo are very good I am getting closer now to focus for Venice i will write next in coming day but have

question can I writte the red paint text on you plastic around the incubator ? I research a bit and there are many definition of incubator what an incubator can ? ( is usefull

for ....) is there the idea of transition ? or what do want as focus? -------

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:30

WHEN I AM BACK FROM AUSTRIA

when I am back from austria where I have this artist«s talk on May 3 we need to Skype - too many things to be discussed but since the end of may is getting closer we

need to speed up - red on shrink wrap is cool though ;-***

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:25

INCUBATOR AGAIN

incubator for me is the border bewteen protection and no protection a baby is born coming into the world and the only chance to survive is in an artificial world such as

the incubator - but there is no touch , no feeling , a lack of reality so in a way it«s blessing and curse at the same time - this ia a metaphor we can use for many other

interpretations ...

 

 

Maren replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:40

I MISS YOU :(

i miss you :(

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 18:55

THE MIRROR OF THE PEOPLE

I just got a rather curious answer: THE MIRROR! How can a mirror be a place of protection? Does anyone have an answer to that? I thought about it ALL day and now I

am ready to answer ....a mirror is nothing else but a way of projection - if you look inside you can see yourself and that«s the naked truth - when does that ever happen ?

Usually we try to create scenarios around us to make us more visible - the curse of our society which is spinning only around the superlatives higher faster richer better

(schšner) etc but the mirror is kind of like a one way street - yet also fascinating because it has a depth in terms of the space around us if we watch our silhoutte - a

mirror is another symbolic thing where I necessarily need to think of the fairytale and the famouse sentence: mirror mirror on the wall - who is the fairest one of all?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:06

LOVE OR HATE? THAT«S THE QUESTION HERE .....

---- Love or hate... ... I prefer love. Life is short and therefore our time is limited. There are not really much things which I really hate but many things which I love :-* ----

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:20

MIRROR MIRROR

Today something crazy came to my mind - I saw some of the material from yesterday and there was something which hit me the most: I am in my digital world and

looked up and away chatting and mailing away - 8 hours a day without any break - the total aclypse of digital overkill - and each morning I go into my bed there is a girl

sitting on the chair in the gallery space to watch over everything - the first glimpse of her is with her iPhone texting and the last when the performance is done as well -

which leads to the conclusion: I AM THE MIRROR OF THE PEOPLE! You don«t need to be in a synthetic surrounding to feel the fake reality around us cause verybody is

already in it : HAPPY DIGITAL AUTISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:25

GIANT

For all they know not what they do ....gigantic movie! Someone was just referring to that one .... But hang on - those guys in that film don«t seem to have protection at all -

all stranded souls.....just like all the rest of us!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:38

EXTENDED....

We are still open so this is running a little longer .....Birgit commented again: There won«t ever be a place of protection! Which kind of is another way of saying Utopia or

illusion - I think because we all have similar fears but also hopes in western society the answer can be similar- much different than in the rest of the world ....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:52

THE FEELING OF BEEING LOST....

Someone just wrote that to me privately as a translation for the german word UNGEBORGENHEIT - like discomfort - must lay underneath the question of protection -

sure - why else would you ask it???

 

 

Carola replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:54

PEACE IN BED

Geht es dir gut in deinem protectionbed..

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:57

WHAT IS YOUR PLACE OF

what is your place of protection carola?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 19:56

HI CAROLA

Well, its«both - protected but also unproetcted! ambigous - so totaly ambivalent that«s like the incubator - safe but on high risk!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 20:22

THIS IS NO NUCLEAR WAR BUT A DIGITAL WAR!

For the last thing for the day I thought to reveal the first thing that happened at my perfromance on thursday afternoon - I was plugged in with all technical devices

possible: Imac , ipad, iPhone! THE PERFECT TRINITY OF OUR GOOD CALLED INTERNET ACCES! I am already in bed - all cables are plugged in which almost looks

like in a hospital bed - just the tubes are not filled with medicine that should be running through ones veins - but data floating through media cables until the digital war

broke out: THERE WAS NO INTERNET CONNECTION! A multimedia perfromance broadcasted via Internet - all media alert - and we chose the only place in Berlin

where nothing worked! The end of civilization , life , art , performing , everything???? SAYONARA!

 

 

Maren replied on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 20:45

HEY WIE GEHT ES DIR

hey wie geht es dir

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 12:01

GOOD MORNING MAREN!

Beauty day today!

 

 

Yujin replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 01:24

I'M BACK!

Thanks for the comment on the Cloud as a place of protection. It made me think about it, and I think my place of protection in my work is "the mediator", whether it be the

internet, tv, newspaper, movies, novels, etc... well, I hope you have a peaceful dream and not DNA :)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 12:30

NO DNA SO FAR....

Hallo again, since the performance I don«t seem to dream at all - do you know the scene from the Matrix when all the data codes are sliding down the screen just like a

waterfall of nothing after nothing after nothing yet everything floating into one big black whole of nothing? How much more nothing can we take? Sorry I don«t want to

sound synical on a sunday morning ;-* Maybe I am just tired ;-*****

 

 

Alessandro replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 11:01

PASSION

I have a little music studio finally, without internet access. I have never felt so protected than when I'm there, it's just me and musical equipment. Me and the inspiration

that's challenging me. There I feel protected, as I feel that cultivating our passion is the way to be stronger, to feel always beautifully balanced.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 12:48

CUT LOOSE

Congratulations, cowboy! What a brave and beautiful thing to do - not having wifi at your cave of creativity - I went to the German *Waldorfschule* before I changed to the

*Gymnasium* and the best what I kept from this time is that I still don«t have a TV ;-* I don«t even switch the television on in a Hotel room - it just has no more meaning in

my life....no matter that I am a performing artist who uses digital technology to create - it«s just like a tool for me not something that would inspire me just by itself - the

Internet should work the same - a service you can use if you need - but we should be in control of it and not the service of us. In other words we should be driving on the

net but the net shall not be driving us!

 

 

Maya replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 12:39

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION IS IN

My Place of Protection is in within my thoughts and dreams. I find your preformence Werk interesting and inspiring. I am an Artist aswell.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:04

THOUGHTS AND DREAMS ...

Dear Maya, thanxxx - one does feel happy if others connect and seem to understand - it«s not easy out there especially as an artist - here«s a dream for you:

http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-25-dreams/

 

 

Time replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 12:50

WHY DO YOU USE A FORMER PRISON BED?

I think some People live in their selfmade prisons to protect themselves. Me too sometimes. With thoughts or Things i do over and over.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:25

PRISON BED

The bed of peace comes from an isolation cell of a former prison in Kassel - a prison bed resembles a strong antagonism: protection and it«s antitheses! The biggest

prison could be oneself - our own body - the unability to step or think out of the box - in the bible it says - you shall not make for yourself an idol - but think about it? Who

often are you really not judgmental???

 

 

Martha replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:51

PRISON

I had a self made prison in order to protect myself.In order not to feel the pain and be overrolled by my emotions sadness and huge lack of comfort i had put them all in

prison.It always took alot of energy from me to play the guard of these prisoners. And erverytime when I did that I was a temporary diconected with my heart. But actually

I was the prisoner and the emotion my guards. Until this wall of protection compleetly exploded one day. Now I released all of them " wegen guter Führung und positiver

Resozialisierung". The prison is closed now forever, because of a lack of prisoners.

 

 

Time replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 12:55

WE ARE HERE

We r here

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:05

HALLO HOW ARE YOU?

hallo how are you?

 

 

Yesha replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:22

GEDANKE

Guten Tag wie geht es dir? †ber was denkst du wenn du "nichts tust"? Fühlst du sehn sucht? Und wie fühlst du dich wenn du nichts tust? Lg und danke

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:29

THINKING NOTHING ....

It«s a crazy world - downstairs my perfromance BREATHING NOTHING (filmed in an isolation cell where I was locked in for 24h without a bed, water nor food therefore

the titel) is running and upstairs I am actually sitting inside the very bed which I took out of the cell before I went inside for the performance. But since I am digitally

autistic I am actually THINKING NOTHING now....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:31

BREATHING NOTHING!

This is BREATHING NOTHING: http://vimeo.com/53445730

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:35

JEDE VERWANDLUNG IST SCHMERZHAFT....

I just liked that comment ....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:45

THE BEAUTY OF TRANSIENCE ...

In unserer Gesellschaft muss Schšnheit sich verbergen, um ernst genommen zu werden....It«s only in our society where beauty needs to be hidden to be considered

serious - otherwise people think it«s UNSERI…S! Does this mean common assumption is bigger than independent reflexion?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:56

INCOGNITO COMMENT:

prison I had a self made prison in order to protect myself.In order not to feel the pain and be overrolled by my emotions sadness and huge lack of comfort i had put them

all in prison.It always took alot of energy from me to play the guard of these prisoners. And erverytime when I did that I was a temporary diconected with my heart. But

actually I was the prisoner and the emotion my guards. Until this wall of protection compleetly exploded one day. Now I released all of them " wegen guter Führung und

positiver Resozialisierung". The prison is closed now forever, because of a lack of prisoners. ----

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 13:58

I NEED TO PEEP PEEP PEEP

.....this is the borderline of heaven and hell!

 

 

birgit fraisl replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:05

VENICE BIENNALE

looking forward to see you in venice

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:29

VENICE BIENALIST!

Me too! I have this crazy co-activist Thierry Geoffroy who is joining my performance - title and stuff is still under progress so I can«t really tell - what do wanna know

exactly ? Love from my bed Mia

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:15

QUESTION:

WHAT WOULD MADONNA DO? I like that question - double meaning - in terms of the Popstar and the holy Mary... would they do the same? Probably not ;-*

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:21

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION IS

BERLIN! Thanxxx for sharing to the person called Sky - Berlin almost sounds like a the bed - a city which can mean home to someone but at the same time it«s the

biggest boomtown jungle in Germany! If you are lonely here - it«s kind of in a prison cell - If you have friends and family it«s like an inhabited garden...

 

Hana replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:22

*

Hiiiiiiiiiii again! *

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:29

HUHU

Will get to in after tons of mails... arghhhhhhhh

 

 

Glücksphilosoph replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:22

ARE U IN AUSTRIA

Hallo Mia, its a great thing you are doing in berlin. is there any date u will stay in austria? hope i see u in good old austria in the near future.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:28

PHILOSOPHER OF LUCK

What a sweet name - hopefully good luck for me! I just came from a perfromance in Austria / Innsbruck where I did a piece in an incubator object under the title: PLEASE

DO TOUCH - TOUCHING CAN HEAL THE ART! It was an overwhelming experience - the biggest impact any perfromance of mine ever had on me as well as the

audience - my gallerist from ARTDEPOT said when she introduced me the following words: TONIGHT MIA IS AUSTRIAN!!!! So I can«t wait to get back which will be after

Gallery Weekend on May 3 in Innsbruck - if I find time I will post the details later, big kiss to my lucky philosopher ;-*

 

 

Glücksphilosoph replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:32

GREAT. I DON«T KNOW IF IT IS

Great. i don«t know if it is possible for me to stay in innsbruck at May 3rd but i try to do my best. good your philosopher of happiness ;-) Be happy and feel loved

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:22

LOVE

Not one day passes without LOVE! Thank God there is a God!

 

 

Jaka replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:24

WHAT IS YOUR PLACE OF PROTECTION?

Is loneliness a place of protection, because it can be anywhere and it comes from a place within, if not be it the place of birth. Viele Erfolg wünsch ich dir! Jaka

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:34

BIRTH!

Thanxxx Jaka! I like your comment very much - loneliness when it evolves into solitude is something not many people can endure ... including myself....for me it«s hard to

give my restless souls some peace - maybe for a women it actually includes the experience of birth to be able to eventually love someone else more than yourself - than

you can be free? This one is for you - the poetical version of birth: http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-52-uterus/

 

 

Jaka replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:06

THANK YOU!

thank you!

 

 

michael replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:24

PROTECTION

my protection is my introversion

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:47

WHY INTROVERSION? I DON«T GET

why introversion? I don«t get it - too much data in my mind today !

 

 

susanne replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:26

PROTECTION IS FAKE

protection is just a nother dream of life...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:37

SUSANNE, TOTALLY WITH YOU -

Susanne, totally with you - that«s why I am so obsessed with it - it«s the one desire we have and no matter how hard we look for it we never seem to get it... what is it? I

mean what does protection mean for each of us? That«s why the question is kind of the answer already because it never stops....

 

 

josh replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:31

QUOTE ZUM THEMA

Ich lie§ meinen Engel lange nicht los, und er verarmte mir in den Armen und wurde klein, und ich wurde gro§: und auf einmal war ich das Erbarmen, und er eine

zitternde Bitte blo§. Da hab ich ihm seine Himmel gegeben, - und er lie§ mir das Nahe, daraus er entschwand; er lernte das Schweben, ich lernte das Leben, und wir

haben langsam einander erkannt... Aus: Frühe Gedichte (Engellieder)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:59

DAILY POETRY ;-*

Thanxxx Josh - send you an angel back: Dreams keep me alive Days make me wear a disguise Angel of light Protect me from my evil night If you had wings what would

you do ?

 

 

jens replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:35

PROTECTION

die suche nach protection ist die protection in der suche - ein sinnloser satz :-), aber warum suchst du sonst? :-) good luck jens

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:39

INDUSTRIE_HOF_ZIZKA....

Der frankfurter Regengepeinigte hat das Portal zur digitalen Welt soeben aufgestossen und fragt sich wo ist man sicher? Im Recaro Schalensitz mit HosentrŠgergurt und

25 luftgefüllten SŠcken die in freudiger Erwartung dem Aufprall nach dem mŠnnlich-kompetitiven Beschleunigungsexzess harren, im rundum Lebensversicherungsschutz

für angstgeplagte Finanz-Hyperventilierer oder ganz weit weg im Universum der synthetischen Stimulanzien auf Amphetaminbasis - ich hab mich in allen FŠllen dagegen

entschieden und bin ganz profan der Entendaune gefolgt und schlafe im entškonomisierten Kosmos der Müdigkeit - da ist mein relativ einfacher state of being "safe" zu

finden -

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:41

DAS IST KUNST / THIS IS ART!!!

DIE ZIZKA INDUSTRIE HOF KOMMENTARLEISTE GEH…RT AUSGEDRUCKT AN JEDE WAND AUFGEH€NGT! BASTA! WENN IHR ES NICHT MACHT MACHE ICH

ES! SKLA

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:43

ART PARASITES PUBLISHERS:

NO WAY i am going to translate the intellectual crazy super shit in the post above ;-*

 

 

thomas replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:40

LOVE IS COMPOSED OF A SINGLE

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies, art helps to compose

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:24

COMPOSING...

music is my place of protection - just came in! In my next life - I wish to get a glimpse of music in my life - it seems to have faded away since I was a child - I had piano

and violin lessons but the practice was torture - now I regret not having been more focused but one can«t do everything I guess .... thanxxx Thomas for this tender

comment - it«s a beautiful saying - by whom?

 

 

jo replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 14:45

KUNST IST SCHEISSE

kunst ist scheisse, ich bin einfach zu satt, mir geht es einfach zu gut, no pain, no need, no desire, no art in my life = no love?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:12

ISSE`S KUNST ODER KANNS WEG?

Hey Jo ( sounds like from the song...) Hey Jo Hey Jo I like ;-* Obviously you are right - art is shit - just like any other shit their is - and when someone asks me why the

hell I am doing this shit I often feel like ing: Maybe I am just bored .... because anything else implies some higher impact we can«t live up to anyway - so maybe WE ARE

ALL just bored who don«t suffer serious shit? But before I am getting too serious this is an episode with my austrian curator FRAU DR. PREINER from Europen Cultural

News whether art is an opinion just like an asshole because every one«s got one, enjoy: http://vimeo.com/42272597

 

 

Artdepot Innsbruck replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:28

YOU WILL SEE A DISCUSSION

you will see a discussion with dr. preiner and mia florentine on the 3 of may in innsbruck.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:33

ART TALK AUSTRIA

Artdepot Innsbruck & Künstlerin Mia Florentine Weiss laden am 03.05.2013 zum art talk in Innsbruck ¥ ã(s)he says – shes saysÒ – hinterfragt in einer Live-Diskussion

die künstlerischen Leitmotive zur aktuellen Ausstellung THOSE IN LOVE LIVE IN FEAR ¥ Mixed-media Installationen mit Fokus auf Geborgenheit und

Lebensnotwendigkeit menschlicher Berührungen noch bis zum 06.06.2013 im artdepot zu sehen Die Sehnsucht nach Schutz und NŠhe und die kontroversen Facetten

des Gefühls Liebe prŠgen die Werke der Künstlerin Mia Florentine Weiss. AusgewŠhlte Stücke werden derzeit im Innsbrucker artdepot prŠsentiert. Unter dem Titel

ãTHOSE IN LOVE LIVE IN FEARÒ stellt die 33jŠhrige die Extreme menschlicher Gefühle einander gegenüber. So beschŠftigen sich ihre ausgestellten mixed-media

Installationen, Foto- und Videoarbeiten u.a. mit ãLiebe/UnliebeÒ, ãGeborgenheit/UngeborgenheitÒ, ãSucht/SehnsuchtÒ, ãAngst/HoffnungÒ sowie ãLeben/TodÒ. Die Eršffnung

der Vernissage begleitete Mia Florentine Weiss am 23. April 2013 mit der Live Performance ãPLEASE DO TOUCH - TOUCHING CAN HEAL THE ART!Ò. Und mit dieser

Performance traf die Künstlerin mitten ins Herz der Galeriebesucher: In einem lebensgro§en Inkubator-Objekt führte die Künstlerin dem Betrachter die verschwimmende

Grenze zwischen Schutz und Schutzlosigkeit vor Augen und zeigte gleichzeitig die Lebensnotwendigkeit menschlicher Berührung auf. Die Anteilnahme und die Šu§erst

emotionalen Reaktionen der Zuschauer überw.ltigten die Künstlerin. Ihre Erfahrungen aus dieser Performance sowie die Leitmotive ihres künstlerischen Schaffens

diskutiert Mia Florentine Weiss am 03.05.2013, 19 Uhr gemeinsam mit Dr. Michaela Preiner (Kunsthistorikerin, Herausgeberin der "European-Cultural-News" sowie

Kuratorin einiger gro§er šffentlicher Sammlungen) unter dem Titel ã(s)he says - she saysÒ im Innsbrucker artdepot.

josh replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:24

WINGS

wings would prevent me from dreaming

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:41

FOR U

unattainable love hurts unattainable dreams set you free I guess that«s the same when it comes to wings....

 

 

Peter replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:35

SCHEISSE

mit der Scheisse und der Kunst ist es so eine Sache. Es gibt ja auch den Kotflügel oder? Man/Frau fragt sich also warum Darm Peristaltik und Fliegen so nahe

beieinander liegen. Im Dunstkreis ungezŠhlter künstlerischer "Projekte" und "PlŠne" wird eben die Welt verdaut und produktiv, durch kreative Inkontinenz, als Phoenix

aus der Asche neu erfunden - das ist mehr als Red Bull oder Shareholder Value zum Abheben bereit halten...

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:47

HAMMA!

Peter, du bist nicht zufŠllig mit dem Industrie-Hof-Zizka-Kommentator verwandt der mir um 14.39 einen guten Morgen Sonntags-Gruss gepostet hat, oder? Da du jetzt

nun mal drin bist im multimedialen Mutter-Uterus meines Protection-Projektes hast du eine Antwort auf die Frage? Und wenns geht auf englisch weil die Kunst-Parasiten

so international sind ;-*

 

 

Ellen korth replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:46

MEIN PLATZ F†R SICHERHEIT IST

Mein Platz für Sicherheit ist der Platz wo ich mich zu Hause fühle. Das kann eigentlich überall sein. †berall wo ich ein Stück von mir selbst bei mir habe, mi mir

mitschleppe.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:55

HOME

So Ellen home is were your heart is...nice! Keep it up! Love and thanxxx from the eternal illusion with something for you: http://www.art-protector.com/digitalpoetry/

poem-clip-47-home/

 

 

Morgen Contemporary replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:56

I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!

I am so proud of you and happy that you decided to be an artist of my gallery. Authenticity is a place of protection!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:11

AUTHENTIC GALLERY!

Very interesting word - authentic! For me there are two ways of authenticity: One is being real (yourself) - the other is being artificial (not yourself) It«s exactly the same

and also the opposite but each time right.... What am I?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 15:57

QUESTION ...

What«s the point of an odysse of questions? Good question - I ll take some time to answer - quickly finish off the other chat - wait...

 

 

Maren replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:25

HALLO

Hallo Ich hatte grad ein spiel

 

 

Alex replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:26

PLACE OF PROTECTION

Hey Mia! Can One create a Place of Protection anywhere? P.s. You Look like you are Handling the Marathon-sitzung Quite ok :-)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:01

HMMMMM

what«s yours?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:34

I DON«T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ...

This is probably the most honest answer there is - when I was traveling I interviewd the people so it was direct - often the question was not quiet understood - which was

like putting the key into a lock because this way I would be in a dialog straight away - What is your place of protection? What do you mean by it? Is it a place ? I don«t get

the question? etc etc - simsalabim they were right in the middle of it ;-* The word PROECTION is rather strong - not something tender like love, dream, vision etc - its

powerful and male - SCHUTZ! There is a wide intrerpretation towards it.... The experiment the last few days - apart of my digital autism - is the difference how people

respond when the are filmed or when it«s more anonymous like in this chat - where you can even put a fake name in and you have time to think about the answer - I think

we are much less concerned when it comes to the Internet because it«s like a Fluxus - so fast moving that whatever you say is replaced by the next after the next after

the next..,,,anyway I am getting carried away here now I just wanted to show you the wonder in the people«s eyes towards the question: http://www.artprotector.

com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-40-believe/

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:40

I DON«T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ...

This is probably the most honest answer there is - when I was traveling I interviewd the people so it was direct - often the question was not quiet understood - which was

like putting the key into a lock because this way I would be in a dialog straight away - What is your place of protection? What do you mean by it? Is it a place ? I don«t get

the question? etc etc - simsalabim they were right in the middle of it ;-* The word PROECTION is rather strong - not something tender like love, dream, vision etc - its

powerful and male - SCHUTZ! There is a wide intrerpretation towards it.... The experiment the last few days - apart of my digital autism - is the difference how people

respond when the are filmed or when it«s more anonymous like in this chat - where you can even put a fake name in and you have time to think about the answer - I think

we are much less concerned when it comes to the Internet because it«s like a Fluxus - so fast moving that whatever you say is replaced by the next after the next after

the next..,,,anyway I am getting carried away here now I just wanted to show you the wonder in the people«s eyes towards the question: http://www.artprotector.

com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-40-believe/

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:41

DOUBLE IMPACT

double digitally deeply down devoted daher doppelt depostet ;-*

 

Niki Elbe replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:41

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION...

...is the blue coated goddes of Life and death. Often symbolized as a beautiful large eagle. Sometimes as a big angel with long dark hair, who has my name.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:47

OHHHHH

Niki - this is my favourite painting from you - the one with the girl and the butterfly wings - you are so talented - I have only high respect - I could never paint - it«s a gift

from god - my mom is a painter as well - we should finally do our performance - if I survive those last hours ;-* I AM AN ANGEL - WHAT ARE YOU?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:48

MY DAD

Liebe Mia, Mein PoP ist je nach Jahreszeit: Im Fruehjahr mein Gemüsegarten Im Sommer habe ich keinen im Herbst der bunte BlŠtterwald Im Winter ein kleines warmes

Zimmer. LG und halt durch die letzten Stunden Papa

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:55

4 SEASONS

When I was still at school I would take my my homework to my Dad«s desk and we would spent sunday afternoon in the *office* both at his desk each one of us

preparing for the week - He used to be a huge fan of classical radio and my favorite sequenz was Vivaldi«s four seasons - the radio played it over and over again - and

each time I hear it it makes me think of my Dad...I filmed him for my protection project and a few years ago he answered; MY PLACE OF PROTECTION IS THE

CHURCH IN MY HOMETOWN - here is the film: http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-29-church/

 

 

Niki Elbe replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:55

ANGELS

Der Mia, sweet beautiful angel, I am an angel, too. LOVE Niki

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:59

SISTER IN CRIME

We ll do something epic together Niki - when 2 angels are on earth at the same time in the same place I hear angels sing ....

 

 

Fee replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:06

EXHIBITION

How does it feel to be in bed in front of so many strangers?

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:31

PROTECTED

I feel fine! It would never occur to me that something could happen...and I don«t see the people anyway - I have no idea who is here nor how many people. Let me

explain: I wear my grandmother«s nightgown from the beginning of the 20.th century in which I did my very first perfomance nearly one decade ago - first layer of

protection! Than I wear earplugs and listen to hard core techno the whole time I am in bed! Second section! Finally I wear my glasses and focus on the writing - all the

good things are 3! For every performance you need to be very clear what you want to achieve and how it will be perceived - than it«s just a matter of enduring! The bed

inside the gallery is easy - the data overkill is the pain - in front of the Fridericianum at the Documenta the pain was trying to be asleep outside without the artificial

differentiation - anyone could have touched or done something to me .... it«s the will to finish off what you started and never to give up - otherwise you can«t do it

 

 

Simone replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:31

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN! LOVE,

Good to see you again! Love, Simone

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:39

SIMONE?

SIMONE help me - wer wie ? and what«s your place of protection?

 

 

Simone replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 21:55

MY PLACE OF PROTECTION

My place of protection is my yoga mat. Maybe that helps. I stood right next to your bed, but couldn«t talk to you. That was quite weird, but anyway it was good to see you

again after such a long time!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:34

MAMA MIA

Sunday words for sunday child: Peace never sleeps Protection never sleeps Future never sleeps Why not? Love never sleeps.

 

 

jovannyvarela replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:40

NOT "WHAT" BUT "WHEN"

Mia - I could not bring myself to answer your question because the question did not lead me to a fulfilling answer. When you ask, "what is your place of protection?" the

mind goes straight into the material world to find an answer. Could it be my bed? - No, as much as I tend to have dreams in it, I've also had nightmares. Any material

thing can be both protective and destructive, depending on the situation. The thing about your question is that, out loud, you are asking for someone's place of protection,

yet in silently you are also asking them for their fears and fragilities; the things they feel the need to be protected. I wonder what came first, the shield or the sword

(metaphorically speaking). But ultimately I realized that I could only approach your question if asked differently: "When is your place of protection?" Because my place of

protection is not an external structure but rather, for lack of better words, a "spiritual" infrastructure. Not a place but the feeling of a fleeting moment. Those moments

when I do not protect myself from anything; those moments when I'm so vulnerably confident that I could die right there and then and be okay with it. I'm sure we all feel

those moments from time to time; where no shield and no sword feel necessary for this journey. My protection, my shelter, my refuge; the thing that secures that i risk

taking the next loving breath is when i closely and entirely grasp how vulnerable and fragile we really are. I tend to know exactly what to do after those moments.

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:56

I WISH ...

I wish had not finished the installation because I certainly would have added your answer - it«s just the way I would like to encourage everyone out there to find their own

interpretation of protection - if one goes further by replacing the *what*with *when* it«s a different dimension which beautiful - what is interesting is that by having lived in

our western society - what you probably refer by as the material world - that was one of the reasons for the question - so the answer would break free and lead into

another world which we might not even know of....that«s why I took the shield and sword to India - 2 symbolic insiginas of our history - trying to go beyond - for each of us

comes the time in life where you drop your weapons - what ever they are - this unconditional vulnerability which is nothing but unconditional love - with me I always need

the opposite in order to get to the other side....

 

 

jovannyvarela replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:21

BRENE BROWN: THE POWER OF VULNERABILITY

If you haven't seen this already, I think you'd enjoy it as it touches on our need to invent/create/have places of protection:

http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

 

 

Maren replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:56

HOW ARE YOU

How are you

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 17:58

WWW.ART-PROTECTOR.COM

I was asked about the video-installation and how to watch all answers which I chose so if you want check out: www.art-protector.com The previous century can still be

comprehended as the period of Òtranscendental homelessnessÓ Georg Luk‡cs described in 1918. Even today, the proverbial Ôsearch for securityÕ has, in addition to its

literal meaning, a relatively large number of troubling connotations aimed at the sensibilities of the homeless earthlings we ourselves have become. Whether it lies in the

vulnerability generated by our mobile lifestyles, or in the repercussions of globalisation that make our wish for Ôa home we can call our ownÕ seem purely nostalgic: in

each case the experience of feeling safe, protected and at home seems to be fading into oblivion. Has anyone recently raised the question? Mia Florentine Weis has

spent the past 10 years of her life on a journey. During her travels she asked everyone she encountered one simple yet confounding question: ÒWhat is your place of

protection?Ó The question forbids us the typical differentiations (such as Òwhere do you live?Ó or Òwhere do you feel at home?Ó or Òdo you feel safe?Ó), thus forcing us to

first reflect upon the manifold dimensions of ÔprotectionÕ we seldom think about. For if there is a place where we feel protected and secure, what does such protection

ultimately mean? Protection from whom? And for what? To many, it seems the world is still full of peril. But a place free from violence does not appear to adequately

answer the question. Mia Florentine Weiss has culled together the results of her inquiry in a multimedia installation entitled What Is Your Place Of Protection?. Each of

the installationÕs 54 digital clips is based upon a poetry performance by the artist and offers its own answer to this question. The installation invites the viewer to

experience how often this question has animated people to spontaneously express deeply personal, even metaphysical statements that extend well beyond the notion of

mere physical inviolability. Again and again those questioned seem at first to be struck with wonder by what they are being asked. But, as Plato already noted: Wonder is

where all philosophy begins....

 

 

Niki Elbe replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:06

ANGEL

I am an angel, too, my beautiful angel Mia. I am looking forward to hear about your inner architecture and join you into my project! LOVE NIKI

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:09

ANOTHER ANSWER...

Meine Kunst zu Gestalten .. zu sehen wie wunderschšne Dinge meiner Fantasie entspringen .. meine kleinen TrŠume zu verwirklichen und darin in Glück auf zu gehen ..

meine Kunst gibt mir Frieden und Sonnenschein wenn die Welt voll Grau und Unruhe ist .. Liebe .. Freundschaft .. Geborgenheit .. und all dies in meiner Kunst aus zu

drücken ist my art of Protection

 

 

Niki Elbe replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:10

EPIC LOVE

Looking forward also to an epic work of LOVE!!! Hold on, MIA - warm embrace from NIKI

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:30

UTERUS AND ONE MORE ANSWER....

Coming back to the origin: My place of protection is the Uterus - it is here where *everything is eternal in the innermost relatives*. I feel there are no words needed to

explain any more - that«s why I would like to share something really special now as a result of being looked up in DIGITAL AUTISM: Within the perfromance I found a

second place of protection which is so obvious that I never really knew it until today - probably because one cannot see the forest for the trees - it«s WORDS! Without

words I could have not survived this multimedia marathon - without words I would have not been able to endure those long days in bed - without words I could have not

been able to communicate my feelings and without words I would have not gotten all those beautiful honest answers! I am not sure where we are heading in terms of

technology and development but there is definitley one complex codex which will keep the inner world together although the outer world might fall apart and that is

communication! I thank everybody who made the effort writing to me sharing their feelings and therefore saving me from the one way road of data traffic jam in my head

during the time of the performance! LOVE AND THANXXX MIA FLORENTINE

 

 

Nicole Bürkle replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:52

FEE

My plMeine Kunst zu Gestalten .. zu sehen wie wunderschšne Dinge meiner Fantasie entspringen .. meine kleinen TrŠume zu verwirklichen und darin in Glück auf zu

gehen .. meine Kunst gibt mir Frieden und Sonnenschein wenn die Welt voll Grau und Unruhe ist .. Liebe .. Freundschaft .. Geborgenheit .. und all dies in meiner Kunst

aus zu drücken ist my place of Protection Das Glück zu haben dass mein Armband Dir gfŠllt :)

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:53

NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP!

never never never give up!

 

 

Heinz-Theo Frings replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:53

WORDS

"That good effects may spring from words of love." Shakespeare, Kent in King Lear 1.1

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:54

SOMEONE ELSE FEELS WHAT I FEEL...

---- words "That good effects may spring from words of love." Shakespeare, Kent in King Lear 1.1

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:55

SEEMS AS THOUGH THE CONNECTION IS STILL ON .....

MY WORD IS MY SWORD!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:56

CLIMAX OF WORDS...

POETRY!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 18:59

PROTECTION IS CONNECTION.....

http://www.art-protector.com/digital-poetry/poem-clip-24-connection/

 

 

Hana replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 19:09

THANK YOU :)

Great performance, I admire ur strength and the ability to express all this feelings and thoughts throught words....will reread some of the things - at home and in peace...

+ watch the videos as well, since I didnt see them yet...Congrats now, when it is over! :) I am really happy I had a Chance to be a part of the gallery space in which ur

performance was going on, to look at the process for three days, three different days, it was interesting and inspiring. It made me belive and want to follow my own

dreams even more!

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 19:11

THE END!

I`M ART SAYS MY HEART - I`M A BORN IDEA THAT`S WHY I`M HERE.....

 

 

Mia-Florentine replied on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 19:12

....

AMEN!