Volunteers suspended in airtight transparent plastic,whilst the air is slowly removed. A performative piece.reflexive and intriguing.I attended this exhibition stupidly without my camera with the intention of returning the next day to photograph,which i couldn't,but i did take some on a phone so hopefully I'l get them uploaded. BASICALLY,i love performance,especially performance that makes the audience feel directly aligned with the performer/scared of the performer or made to feel awkward or intrigued in some way. This definitely achieved a subjective viewing experience,as the audience was left to stand in an atmospheric,ornate hall, 3 plastic screens/human suspending devices on each side, the volunteers then squeezed inside and posed,it took approx 10 minutes or less for the air to be removed,until they were left hanging,with a small pocket to allow them to breath. It made me consider:
- how we view performance? literally and how we view the nature of 'what it is'??
- how what the performer is subjected to directly affects the audience?
- how the piece did not explore claustrophobia,this was a theme experienced by the audience watching,it seemed to conjure in my mind the idea of commercial packaging in society,the performer versus the audience and human experience, foremost it 'just was', just a presentation of the human condition for us to interpret.
'HUMAN BEING, NATURAL PERSON AND ARTIFICIAL PERSON': a natural person can posses one or more artificial person(s)
http://www.andfestival.org.uk/event/shrink
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