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By bringing these elements into the foreground, Samama forces the audience to reconsider their relationship with everyday materials and their own physical presence. 2. Structure of the Work

Background Materials is a hybrid event that combines two of Samama’s previous performance pieces into a single narrative arc: Core Material Action & Meaning The concrete wall michal_samama_-_background_materials (Original)...

The work is rooted in the philosophy of , specifically the idea that "to be a body is to be tied to a world". By bringing these elements into the foreground, Samama

Samama uses a whistle to make her labored breathing audible, emphasizing the physical exertion required to "be a body". Samama uses a whistle to make her labored

Focuses on the plastic bag as a "transparent carrier of waste." It investigates materials that are rarely objects of direct reflection.

Reviewers from the New York Times and footage from Vimeo describe several defining features of the work: