In Intermorior, Simon Mullan explores the boundaries between art, risk, and trust through a performative video work that places the artist in a direct and vulnerable confrontation with danger. The piece documents Mullan stepping into the role of a knife thrower’s assistant—standing face to face with the potential of harm, both physical and psychological.

Drawing on his ongoing interest in comparing different professions to that of the artist, Mullan uses Intermorior as a metaphor for the constant negotiation of control, intuition, and uncertainty inherent in artistic practice. The “wheel of death” becomes a stage for questioning the meaning and value of being an artist: the willingness to expose oneself, to take risks, and to trust in a process that is both unpredictable and deeply human.

Through this act of substitution—momentarily abandoning his own profession to embody another—Mullan highlights the shared foundations of courage, discipline, and vulnerability that connect artists, performers, and craftsmen alike. Intermorior is ultimately a meditation on faith in one’s own limits, and on the fragile balance between creation, danger, and surrender.