2 Heads & 4 Hands represents the artists’ duo as Siamese twins. The artistic process of the duo is symbolically represented as a photo shooting session. The result is something between a contemporary dance performance and pantomime. The work is underlining the physical struggle and disability of the artist couple, which translates into a generally uncomfortable ambience, challenging the common saying that “two heads are better than one”.
The artists’ work is not only represented in the form of an emotional experience, but as well in the difficulty to perform. For these Siamese twins, it’s not only about getting back together as artists in order to produce art – but to find a valid connection between their work and the real life world. It’s a process that helps shape the art and the artists. While there’s no question that their artistic approach is not inherently positive, it’s a powerful example of the very nature of creative communication. These Siamese twins are an artist with a vision that generates conflicts rather than harmony. While this process seems quite simple and straightforward, it is aways the result of a conversation: sometimes a relaxed and fun conversation and sometimes a painful fight of egos and self-righteousness, a struggle of emotions and personal interest.
In a more subtle way, the artist duo questions the creative process of making art. The work is focused on the subject of the artists, however, it is trying to bring something new to this relationship and to take away some of the tension and release it as art – an experience easily overseen because it is usually not considered relevant in the work of art. But, the more an artist goes beyond simply being fascinated by something, the more they experience the subject. The subject is the one who initiates a dialog between art and life, and as such the artists’ work takes on a meaning and a context.
Text by the artists & A.I.
The below full version video was created in 2019 for the group exhibition “Dvě hlavy, čtyři ruce” 13.09. – 13.01.2019 at 8smička art center in Humpolec, Czech Republic.