All the worms in a Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
A man like this shakes from him, with one shrug, many worms which would have burrowed into another man;
‘man’ is first and foremost a teeming mass of worms; that the ‘tame man’, who is incurably mediocre and unedifying, has already learnt to view himself as the aim and pinnacle, the meaning of history
a fat worm of basic error,
good, thin, clear, free, dry air, like the air in the mountains, in which all animal existence becomes more spiritual and takes wings; peace in every basement; every dog nicely on the lead; no hostile barking and shaggy rancune; no gnawing worms of wounded ambition; bowels regular and under control, busy as a milling mecha- nism but remote; the heart alien, transcendent, expectant, posthumous
Here, the worms of revenge and rancour teem all round; here, the air stinks of things unrevealed and unconfessed
These worm-eaten physiological casualties are all men of ressentiment, a whole, vibrating realm of subterranean revenge, inexhaustible and insatiable in its eruptions against the happy, and likewise in masquerades of revenge and pretexts for revenge
But at all events, keep away from the evil fumes of inner corruption and the secret, worm-eaten rottenness of disease!
science today is a hiding place for all kinds of ill-humour, unbelief, gnawing worms, despectio sui,113 bad conscience
Breathe Imperative
Breathe Imperative by The Bad Vibes Club
Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau and Hamish MacPherson
Narrator - Tessa Gallagher
Performers - Thaïs Mayne Hanvey, Jennifer Milarski, Graham Reid & Margot
Cameraman - Luke W. Moody
Seething resentment; imposter syndrome; work-life balance; discrimination; office politics; WhatsApp bitching; rotten food in the fridge; coffee grounds in the staff room sink; micro-management; glass ceilings; cubicle farms; open plans and hot desks.
Using breathing and visualisation techniques, artists Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau and Hamish MacPherson present a guided meditation for the contemporary work place, taking you from exhaustion to exuberance and beyond.
Commissioned by Somerset House in 2018
This film was made for a guided meditation event where the audience was laying down in front of a large projection. For the best experience, we suggest making yourself comfortable and watching the film fullscreen, in a darkened room with headphones.