Non-binary as a spaceshift
Durational performance
2021
Performance progression throughout the month of August 2021 at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam:
7.8.2021 : 1h20, remote performance, non-linear progression, group of audience staying from start to finish, intro + exit screen, feeling of excitement at the beginning slowly fading
14.8.2021 : around 6h, remote performance, webcamf showing sensor device, linear progression, variable amount of persons,
21.8.2021 : around 5h, on location performance, being around the exhibition, sensor on my left hand, some persons recognise/spot the device while I attempt other artists' performances.
28.8.2021 : around 5h, on location performance, allowing myself to just be in the space, no self-direction or expectation of doing, state of quietness
Using a sensor, my heartbeat is translated into a video game engine and varies the speed of an animation. I may or may not be present within the gallery space.
I have recorded the voices of queers and non-binary individuals, asking how they would conjure their own identity in a tangible form, how they would see their body if technology were limitless, and to recall a strong bright memory.
The animation revolves around a spaceship orbiting a star. Inside the ship are the voices, forming its crew, and the voices also form the organism of the ship itself, an interconnected generative system.
list of participants:
Aph
Cheyenne Bouchet
MV Brown
Eline Bry
Eden Dodd
Hannah Edward
Axel Gutapfel
Brontë Jones
Harvey Lancaster-Rous
Aga Mlynczak
Francisco Ortega
Alba Sofia
Adam Stearn
Clarinda Tse
Alex Turner
Jack Wannsborough
Transcription:
Miranda Stuart
Programming :
Selina Leung (aileenacs)
Performance photo:
Katy Hundertmark
Artwork in the space:
Rodrigo Sandoval, Kate Fahey and Jack West
