Clear Stripes

This performance was commissioned by University of Dundee as part of a visual are event and exhibition called Decision Time to coincide with the Scottish Referendum. This work was developed over several months with a view to taking it further towards a less specific context with future showings.

A performance exploring the broad spectrum of decision-making and the consequences of a clear move. A step in the right direction always involves leaving something behind. A moment of supreme clarity can make all the difference, but did I leave the gas on, the door unlocked, the window open? There’s a list of instructions on the table. If you follow them carefully you’ll find it’s all very possible. Draw the lines as straight as possible covering any surfaces that occur in the same plane. Do not use colour. Move slowly from A to B. Avoid the cutlery. Don’t ask too many questions in case it gets embarrassing. Your destiny is in our hands and you know it makes sense to rely on our considerable experience in the field. Well done.

This new work, developed for Decision Time sits within the spectrum of performance and interventionist art practice. It incorporates a live exploration of what it means to embody and simultaneously document words and actions as they happen.

“Time is energy” Henri Bergson

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