The performance consists of a repetitive act of a strange figure silently crawling across the lawns and golf courses of the leisure resort. Its goal was to visually dissolve into the surroundings but keep on moving at the same time.

This act is a performative attempt to understand the mechanics of one’s desire to dissolve into their surroundings. The underlying idea of the performance is to try and dis-identify from the familiar form of the human body by moving away from it – and from its tyranny.

For the artist, performance practice is a form of non-verbal research on human behaviour. It is also a way of exploring the possibilities of freedom from the body as a finished object, as a social construct, and as a prison for imagination.

The Hills are Alive Series was also developed at the Ria Keburia Residency during the Artist in Exile Program.
Kakheti is the hottest region in Georgia and it is famous for its severe climate during summer time. Under the blistering sun, among the poor villages and dried out fields there is this odd place – an oasis with a perfect landscape, shiny pools and evergreen lawns. This is a luxury resort, at the periphery of which the art residency is located. The resort’s guests are hardly aware of the artist's presence. Their leisure time is undisturbed.