Milk

Performance Duration: 22 minutes Materials: milk, electric stove, pan, chairs, cold, light. Soundfile of 22 minutes. The audience was asked to bring a phone and headphones.Score: The milk performance takes place in a smaller studio(messy)with windows surrounding it. All the windows are open, creating a contrast between the warm milk, which enters from the bottom, and the cold wind that enters through the windows. So, I completely open the windows from behind the curtains, and occasionally, the wind causes severe movements in the curtains. Meanwhile, right in the center of the room, there is a circle with 20 chairs, and in the middle of this circle, there is an electric stove with a large black fish pan filled with milk. As the audience is invited (by Maaike)to come to the studio and ask to prepare their audio file on their phone when they sit on their chair and the spotlight goes on they should play the audio file on their phone approximately at the same time as each other, they have already received a 22- minute audio file for the performance and play it on their phones while sitting on their chairs and listening with headphones to a guided meditation-like text that constantly asks the audience to stare at the milk, about their feelings and what they see or experience. There is also an underlying soundscape of sound fragments encompassing all the elements that contribute to the creation of milk, starting from grass, the cow, and culminating in the formation of milk skin. During the performance, in the first 3 minutes, the audience sees the milk as a tranquil white liquid along with the steam rising from the surface of the pan. After 3 minutes of boiling, the bubbles formed by the boiling milk become visible, and at around minutes 13-14, the milk starts simmering and bubbling vigorously. At that time, while I am present in the room behind the audience, I unplug the electric stove, causing the milk to cool down and the milk skin to form. Finally, after 22 minutes, the audience is invited by the meditative audio file to use their sense of smell and touch to interact with the milk in the pot, and the performance concludes at 22 minutes when the sound file finishes. The light on the milk is turned off, and the general light is turned on