Tate Modern Art Museum, London
In November 2008 I was invited to London for for the London Consortium conference, “Take a Deep Breath” at the Tate Modern where I performed the solo “December” and gave a talk titled: Respiration: Visible/Invisible
A performance and discussion of the experience of audience participation & induced collective, sympathetic breathing during a theatrical artistic dance.
It was a really increadible conference, with many exciting and invigorating presentations on the topic of human breathing from a wide variety of disciplines. For my part, I got really useful feedback on my work, and learned that audience participation/perception interactive experiences can be profound for viewers. I find that this active, perceptual viewer participation produces a more immediate, personal, and visceral involvement. I am intrigued to continue creating more of this kind of work, mediating experiences of active witnessing.