presence

some feedback I received about the work at performance space was that, rather than being separated from the audience by playing a character, i was inaccessible by "being elsewhere".

even though i was very much present in the space, the act of being blindfolded and with headphones on   not only isolated me - pushing me into my own world of intense audio overload and survival, but also  isolated me to visitors and the audience. my presence was called into question.

this presence/liveness is a topic of interest for the artist laura hindmarsh and she has been focusing her mentorship with lucas ihlein on it - what is the role of presence in performance and/or live art? how does site connect with it? how can process be performed and exhibited? what is documentation? what is 'live'? etc, etc.*


she has included me in an exhibition about presence, absence, performance and process that will be opening this week at sawtooth gallery in launceston: appearing-as process

if you're in the 'hood, do go. i've sent through an instructional piece and i'd love to hear about people's experience of it.




*laura, boni cairncross and i also have an ongoing collaborative research lab about it, that is currently split across a stack of media, but will be collated and presented at some point.