INSTRUCTION EXPERIMENT
(ACTION // REACTION)
2014 // 2015
2 DAY [16-hour] PERFORMATIVE ACTION
Instruction Experiment invites an audience of both digital and physical spectators to send an instruction / action / thing to do that I would enact / interpret / subvert within the confides of a gallery window space. These instructions were gathered both prior to and during the performance via several online platforms, and were also contributed by audience members viewing the performance live.
Equipped with a selection of standard art supplies and office materials (along with introduced materials on a case-by-case basis) I was tasked with performing as many of the submitted instructions as possible – the evidence of each action visually recorded in the space as well as being documented via social media to create a virtual record. Throughout the course of the performance the window space acts as an observational viewing platform where I and my methodology can be constantly observed, as well as a site of performative detritus that in its cumulative effect exposes patterns, processes and method within my experimental practice.
The first iteration of this work was staged in 2014 as part of Critical Animals in Newcastle, Australia and the second was performed in 2015 at RAPIDPUSLE International Performance Art Festival in Chicago, USA.
A full visual record actions of can be found on Instagram. (#instructionexperiment)