Transfers (2009)

Transfers depicts two performers transferring one full pitcher of milk through the interface of their mouths, to fill an empty pitcher. The action repeats when the first pitcher is emptied and the other is full. This simply choreographed performance evokes tender embraces and the nurture of milk. Yet the transfer of fluids from mouth to mouth and back again adds a layer of repugnance, gently pushing the boundaries of bodily permeability.

Looping High Definition Video, 30 min, silent.
Video still.

· And Things of That Nature, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA (2009)
· Exchange, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME (2010)

Eliza Segell, Gina Badger

Transfers, Live (2009)

Transfers was performed live during an exhibition opening. A full pitcher of milk was transferred to another pitcher, mouthful by mouthful, among four sequential performers. When the first transfer was complete, the pitcher of milk was transferred in the reverse direction. The performers melded with the art-going public, conversing with the audience and moving around the space.The action was therefore not a spectacle, but slowly revealed itself through glimpses of gestures, both intimate and functional.

Performance with milk, mouths, 2 hours, silent.

· Herring Under a Fur Coat, curated by Carson Chan, Program Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2009)

Madeline Stillwell, Rosalind Goldberg, Sandra Lolax, Sarah-Jane Norman, Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga, Carson Chan

Transfers, Sweet (2009)

The artist marked the gallery walls with a barely visible line of sweet flavor, level with the height of her mouth. Visitors were invited to find and taste this flavor along the perimeters of the gallery space. It was among a series of temporary works created for the floating headspace of the gallery.

Sweet flavor painted on wall, approximately 53" from the floor, dimensions variable.

· Herring Under a Fur Coat, curated by Carson Chan, Program Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2009)

Benny Merris, Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga, Carson Chan

Transfers, Print (2009)

This is the third installment for Herring under a Fur Coat, a group show with artists Michael Höpfner and Martin Kohout. As the last of her three works made for the exhibition—which all deal with distributed encounters—Berrigan invites the audience to download a print of her tongue from the gallery website. Printed and redistributed outside of the gallery, the image enters into a wider network of potential intimate encounters.

Ink print on paper, A4.

· Herring Under a Fur Coat, curated by Carson Chan, Program Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2009)

Full resolution TIFF.

Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga, Carson Chan