{"id":6625,"date":"2023-02-13T04:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T02:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverlaboratory.com\/chocolate-hoop\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:17:27","slug":"chocolate-hoop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/recoverlaboratory.com\/en\/chocolate-hoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Hoop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);text-transform:uppercase\">Chocolate Hoop<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c4028090 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=1024%2C569&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=1024%2C569&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=1536%2C853&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=2048%2C1138&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-07-at-1.04.03-1.png?resize=1200%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chocolate Hoop<\/strong> is a literal amalgamation of sculpture and contemporary circus art. It reveals the presumptions one might have about the medium and the body. The viewer will have to wait forever to see the trick and it turns out the equipment is useless, too. Chocolate Vow is a simple, slightly disgusting and humorous piece of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The performer licked the hands of the sculptor. The chocolate melts on the skin with every twirl of the hoop, every twirl of the hoop, every twirl of the hoop, every twirl of the hoop. The sculptor sculpted a hoop out of chocolate, the chocolate-y equipment begins to melt begins to melt begins to melt begins to melt with the movement of the performer. The hot air smells delicious, the chocolate imprints its&#8217; shape on the body as it melts as it melts as it melts on the skin on the skin on the skin of the performer. The sculptor sculpts, equipments come and go, the hoop spins and spins.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c4028090 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Working group:<\/strong><br\/>Sculpture and video by Sofi H\u00e4kkinen<br\/>Performer: Miradonna Sirkka<br\/>Production by Inna Huttunen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Premiere:<\/strong><br\/>2017, Cirko Festival, Helsinki (live performance of a video performance)<br\/>2023, Ikkunagalleria, Helsinki (video work)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"5192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.62.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"5193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/recoverlaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.63.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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