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ASMR Spa, 2018

Sculptural installation by Oleksandr Kutovyi
Taus Makhacheva creates a live and running spa that incorporates multiple elements including ruin-like sculptural fragments made in collaboration with artist Oleksandr Kutovyi; a new range of beauty products developed for this work by Tigran Geoletsyan from 22|11 Cosmetics; a performance script written by David McDermott; and ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) videos. The spa invites visitors to book a Signature Sculptural Facial treatment lasting approximately 29 minutes. The treatment is carried out by a performer while she tells stories of works of art that have been reduced to dust. Each treatment brings the visitor into close proximity with a material history of artworks that are redeployed as ingredients in the cosmetic products. The ASMR Spa poses questions of what does it mean to be restored, and what does it mean to be a restorer.

Sabih Ahmed

  • Script: David McDermott
  • Performers: Juliet Davis, Alice Lenkiewicz
  • Glassware: Daria Bolkhovitina
  • Beauty products: Tigran Geoletsyan, 22|11 Cosmetics
  • Costumes: Karine Temirkhanova
  • Sculptural installation production: Ian Colligan, Grigory Kostyukov, Oleksandr Kutovyi, Anton Lubny, Artem Mazurkevich, Xenia Nechay
  • Camera: Alžběta Kovandová
  • Sound: Alexander Khokhlov
  • Slides production: Digital Slides
  • Subtitles: Andrey Efits, Valeria Kononchuk
  • Production: Malika Alieva, Sarah Happersberger, Huma Kabakci, Kseniya Skorytchenko 
  • Research: Malika Alieva, Sarah Happersberger
  • Photo: Oleksandr Kutuvyi, Taus Makhacheva 

    Special thanks to Sabih Ahmed, Michael Banissy, Chris Butler, Brenda Freeman, Beth Jowett, Hazel Kidds, Asya Zaslavskaya, Galina Chernushevich, Metal and Castle Fine Arts Foundry

    Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial, production supported by Georgy Dzhaparidze, narrative projects, London, 22|11 Cosmetics

    Courtesy of the artist

    ASMR video:

    Sound ENG: https://vimeo.com/293932838/2a68d0b251 Sound RUS: https://vimeo.com/669802268/2aae866144
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