[2022]
pseudo scientific experiment and speculation on the lime stone-body relations

...Using broken pieces of rock from an active quarry, we investigate the relationship between this material and the human organism. We were compelled to do so by the strange and almost too close resemblance of the stone to human flesh. In a series of experiments we tried to find out to what extent this material was actually part of the human body and whether it was possible to persist this state in the present day.

In the experiments we concentrated mainly on locating and exploring the positions of these objects in the human body. The bodies of the stones we found were gradually placed on the human body, which was bent into a position where the stones could have existed. The tectonics of the object was an important point of reference in obtaining information about the correct localisation, especially taking into account the critical changes in the shape of each object.

We stored the information about the detected position of the rock in the human body by manually polishing the contact surfaces of the body and the object. In total, we found 7 positions - Hand1, Hand2, Inner anvil, Shin, Shoulder blade, Back, Knee.

Doing so, it was possible to better understand the relation of the object to the assumed position in the body frame. The textures that emerged from the very slow and tactile process of polishing thus showed us the correctness of our reasoning about the given possible positions. In conclusion, we can state that the positions of Hand1 and Hand2 were most likely the closest to reality of all 7 objects examined. In the case of Knee1, on the other hand, we are the least sure that we have made the right guess.

We have come to the conclusion that the tectonics of the human body most probably followed the tectonics of the stone - not the other way around. We assume, therefore, that the positions in which the human body existed were natural for the body, but as time went on either the body began to get rid of the stones or, on the contrary, the stones began to leave the body. However, since the body was able to find these positions, or to recreate them within the conducted experiments, we assume that this information is still kept present in the muscle memory of the human organism. Thus, we could say that the stones might, to some extent, be continuously shaping the human body.

The human body can take on diverse positions if it is forced to do so. The question of where the willingness to adapt has been lost, why the human body is always looking for the most comfortable position, or how a comfortable position is defined, is being asked into the ether.

The described experiment is understood as a starting point for further possible experiments and interpretations of the problematic.

Objects Remembering Organs - Performative Walk at the Quarry, Untersberg, Salzburg, AU