Samama uses a whistle to make her labored breathing audible, emphasizing the physical exertion required to "be a body".
The work is rooted in the philosophy of , specifically the idea that "to be a body is to be tied to a world". michal_samama_-_background_materials (Original)...
Focuses on the plastic bag as a "transparent carrier of waste." It investigates materials that are rarely objects of direct reflection. Samama uses a whistle to make her labored
The performance often moves through non-traditional spaces, such as lobbies, elevator shafts, and basements, treating the venue itself as a "background material" to be excavated. such as lobbies
The piece highlights sensory data that usually goes unnoticed—what Samama calls "background noise"—precisely because these elements are what anchor us to reality.