A. S. O.
(Armonía, Simetria, Orden)
(Harmony, Symmetry, Order)
Video-performance
2014

Accustomed to routine, human beings repeat actions continuously and systematically. We often build precise models of organization that define us as individuals — everyday rituals that determine how we relate to the world. However, there are those who take this condition to the limit: people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) perform repetitive actions that go beyond rationality, attempting to ease the anxiety produced by their paranoid and recurrent thoughts.

A.S.O. (Harmony, Symmetry, Order) is a performative exercise that replicates the rituals of individuals with obsessive-compulsive behaviors. This audiovisual piece, composed of three chapters, presents three ordering actions based on distinct compositional principles: harmony, symmetry, and order. What these three actions share is that obsession is carried to its extreme, minimizing as much as possible the chance of error.