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Maybe what the audience feels
Performative animation, plaster, ink, rubbing alcohol
20 minutes
2023
Maybe what the audience feels
Performative animation, plaster, ink, rubbing alcohol
20 minutes
2023
Maybe what the audience feels
Performative animation, plaster, ink, rubbing alcohol
20 minutes
2023

Performative animation, plaster, ink, rubbing alcohol
20 minutes
Audio by Charlie Manion

Four plaster medallions present internal experiences that a stationary audience member might notice, especially during a performance that is unengaging and makes them aware of their physical sensations: "pain in left shoulder", "needing to pee", "remembering back posture", and "a swallow that is loud in your own head but no one else can hear it". During the performance, I animated depictions of each sensation by drawing with a combination of ink and rubbing alcohol, taking a picture, carving away the drawing with plaster, and repeating that process. The animation is created from scratch in front of the audience - this clip is from the end when all segments had been created. "Maybe what the audience feels" was performed at Facility Theater in Chicago.