Contradictions, fears and ambitions that might normally remain hidden or be discarded during the making process are instead brought directly onto the stage.
Moving between spontaneity and self-conscious performance, the work questions how much honesty is possible once something is presented to an audience. Acting and being begin to overlap, exposing the performer’s desire to be seen even when there may be nothing particularly profound to reveal.
The work turns this uncertainty back towards the audience, questioning expectations around authenticity, entertainment and what a performance, or an artwork, is supposed to provide.
Performance: Dino Desica
Presented at: Disorder Live Art Collective
Venue: Studio 209, Hackney, London
Year: 2019
Photography / Video: Jacob Buraczewski
