performance
public, embodied, night, walking, light
January 2021
What would happen if I provoke my neighbours by appearing in unexpected ways?

Photos by Matthew Downey

What level of disruption or surprise can make an impact on someone’s day? To see something you did not expect, something that is not quite clearly one thing or another. I will never meet the audience of this piece or know how many partook in it. How does a performance fail? Was this a failed performance? I have been told I’ve been brave, which is meant to be read as stupid, or foolish, or reckless, or clumsy. Can one be brave by causing harm? How is that an admirable trait – bravery being seen as a positive attribute, but in its foolhardiness can it cause harm? I will never know if this piece caused harm.