My Sister Forgot About Me, Live Performance: 21 February 2020,
Arteles Creative Centre, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
(Still & Photographs by Matt Shaw)
50 times around the meditation circle (18.5 mins)
Link to video documentation (3 min clip): https://vimeo.com/428425937
An action based site-specific performance at the large outdoor meditation circle at the Arteles Creative Centre. My Sister Forgot About Me is a performance that yields both resilience and vulnerability. I ran barefoot around the circle’s path in temperatures just above freezing, with only the sound of my breath, my bare feet slapping the ground and the counting of each lap, ending once I had completed my 50th lap.
The idea for this performance stems from a prank played on me when I was 6 years old, naive and vulnerable, unaware that my athletic feat will not least be awarded with sugar-coated goodies, but veritably side-lined by an engrossing television set.
Arteles Creative Centre, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
(Still & Photographs by Matt Shaw)
50 times around the meditation circle (18.5 mins)
Link to video documentation (3 min clip): https://vimeo.com/428425937
An action based site-specific performance at the large outdoor meditation circle at the Arteles Creative Centre. My Sister Forgot About Me is a performance that yields both resilience and vulnerability. I ran barefoot around the circle’s path in temperatures just above freezing, with only the sound of my breath, my bare feet slapping the ground and the counting of each lap, ending once I had completed my 50th lap.
The idea for this performance stems from a prank played on me when I was 6 years old, naive and vulnerable, unaware that my athletic feat will not least be awarded with sugar-coated goodies, but veritably side-lined by an engrossing television set.
