INDEXTHUMB PRESENTS
TODAY I SAVED
THE WORLD
06 JUNE 2023
Teehaus, Berlin
TOMORROW I WILL STOP EATING RED MEAT
TOMORROW I WILL START EATING FAKE MEAT
TOMORROW I WILL SUBMIT TO BURGER KING’S AD CAMPAIGN AND TRY THE IMPOSSIBLE BURGER
TOMORROW I WILL TAKE MUSHROOMS IN THE FOREST ALONE AND NAKED
TOMORROW I WILL PURCHASE A FAIR TRADE COTTON TOTE BAG FOR CARRYING MY GROCERIES
TOMORROW I WILL LISTEN TO TAPE LOOPS OF WHALE SAMPLES IN COMPLETE DARKNESS
TOMORROW I WILL IMMERSE MYSELF IN LEAVES AND CRY FOR THE EARTH
TOMORROW I WILL RESTRICT MYSELF TO ONE HOUR OF SCREEN TIME A DAY
TOMORROW I WILL FLY A DRONE OVER THE MINING DISTRICT AND SHOW THEM ALL HOW WE’VE SCARRED THE LAND
TOMORROW I WILL KNIT THE HAIR OF A SHEEP INTO A SCARF DEPICTING A REBELLION LED BY LAMBS
TOMORROW I WILL SHOOT A PORNO WITH PLANTS AND WOOLEN CARDIGANS AND CALL IT THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
TOMORROW I WILL GET ACTIVE ON GREEN FORUMS
TOMORROW I WILL ONLY BUY TREATS SWEETENED WITH DATES
TOMORROW I WILL SWITCH MY GENERIC SHAMPOO BRAND TO AN ORGANIC ONE
TOMORROW I WILL SIGN UP FOR MY LOCAL COOPERATIVE’S LOYALTY CARD
TOMORROW I WILL PRINT MY NEXT BOOK EXCLUSIVELY ON RECYCLED PAPER
TOMORROW I WILL BUY A WATER FILTER SO THAT I NEED NOT RELY ON BOTTLED WATER
TOMORROW I WILL REPLACE THE FRIDGE IN MY HOUSE THAT IS NO LONGER ENERGY EFFICIENT
TOMORROW I WILL SHARE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON ALL MY SOCIAL PROFILES
TOMORROW I WILL TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT
2-channel video composite, colour, 9:16, stereo soundscape.
Today I Saved the World situates the audience within the artist's inner monologue of personal climate commitments, during a performance in which they attempt to eat an entire green-dyed cake. Compositing/composting two video channels of the artist and the cake on top of each other, the work collapses the space between consumer and consumed, troubling the boundaries between climate action, Western media narratives, and personal identity.
What remains of the cake from the original performance has been preserved in resin as part of the installation.