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Abstract
Tate Modern, The Give and Take opening event, Tate Exchange.
The two performers, facing each other, at opposite ends of a long strip of cloth sprinkled with ash stretch to pass a block of frozen Thames Water between them. As their body heat melts the ice they slowly step closer towards each other, the stretch becoming increasingly easier, the ice becoming smaller.
The audience witness the process of exchange building connection and intimacy between performers. As they journey towards each other the melting ice releases the Thames water from its frozen stasis back to fluidity. The traces drawn by performers feet, water droplets and ash map the details of this messy exchange. The performers finally face to face hold the ice together as it melts away between their lightly touching fingers.
Through the expanded practices of listening' facilitated by the changing materiality of the ice the performers enter into an intense 'being with' in this moment they understand something of each others fragility and strengths. The act of exchange builds an intimacy or a shared experience creating a lasting 'knot' between the performers.
Through the process of exchange the ice relinquishes it's frozen, solid position, highlighting a shift in perspective, a wielding, a transformation, a break through impasse.
How can performance deepen inquiry into human exchange?
The two performers, facing each other, at opposite ends of a long strip of cloth sprinkled with ash stretch to pass a block of frozen Thames Water between them. As their body heat melts the ice they slowly step closer towards each other, the stretch becoming increasingly easier, the ice becoming smaller.
The audience witness the process of exchange building connection and intimacy between performers. As they journey towards each other the melting ice releases the Thames water from its frozen stasis back to fluidity. The traces drawn by performers feet, water droplets and ash map the details of this messy exchange. The performers finally face to face hold the ice together as it melts away between their lightly touching fingers.
Through the expanded practices of listening' facilitated by the changing materiality of the ice the performers enter into an intense 'being with' in this moment they understand something of each others fragility and strengths. The act of exchange builds an intimacy or a shared experience creating a lasting 'knot' between the performers.
Through the process of exchange the ice relinquishes it's frozen, solid position, highlighting a shift in perspective, a wielding, a transformation, a break through impasse.
How can performance deepen inquiry into human exchange?
| Original language | English |
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| Media of output | Film |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Sept 2016 |
| Event | The Give and Take: Opening of Tate Exchange - Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Sept 2016 → 1 Oct 2016 |
Keywords
- performance
- site specific
- inclusive arts
- participatory arts
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Journeying Together Through Inclusive Arts
Alice Fox (Keynote speaker)
22 Apr 2017Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk