ludwig zeller

We Play Bodies

Behaviouristic instruments

Behaviouristic Instruments transform people; physical, mental and emotional, into instruments that can be played by another individual, be it lover, mother or stranger.

We dream of an orchestra of people, each instrument paired with a musician who has carefully learnt to play them. We wonder which people will make the best instruments. Who will emerge as a shrill piccolo, a smooth bassoon, a crude drum, or a wailing cat? Who will make the best players? Will it be the manipulative or the most empathetic amongst us? What is the best technique to play a person? Tenderness, torture or titillation?

We Play Bodies is a series of objects, an instruction manual and a performance. In collaboration with Steffen Fiedler and Charlotte Jarvis.

Download the instruction manual