Márcia Mendes
Side Quest

2026 | HKB | ACT Bern

This performance places my body within the logic of a video game, where movement and interaction with space are controlled using a joystick. The audience functions as the user of the system, embodying a contemporary culture of scrolling and interface-based control, while my body operates as a physical avatar.

The path I take will be recorded using a tracking application such as Strava, transforming a lived bodily experience into a data-driven drawing shaped by external input and digital systems.

The performance reflects on control, loss of autonomy, and how technology increasingly redefines the human body.