One starting point for this project will investigate how as humans we need each other in a number of ways. Early ideas are around the premis of a two-handed interview where the interviewer is caught in the action/activity of the interviewee – à la that with a marathon runner, where the interviewer has to jog alongside the runner to hold their conversation. I would perform certain physical activities, balancing on a gym-ball, whilst Cathy asks questions with a mic. The involvement of the interviewer would become more intrinsic as the work progressed, for example Cathy might have to wedge her foot under the ball to stop me from falling off. This interest in how we understand ourselves in relation to how we support/help/save people around us is a recurring theme – most prominent in the performance (and subsequent short videowork) ‘… White’, where I played the role of a magician’s assistant (a previous vocation) to an absent conjuror; having to carry on regardless and present moments of illusion and transformation from everyday materials.
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