SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

Awareness of artifice, absence, (a)liveness
Aware / sure
Unaware / unsure
Addressing absence and distance in the work
Address as an explicit content
Address as implicit content
Engagement Period
One Performance / Workshop
Weekly sessions / Yearly Collaborations
Presence
Artist absent
Artist present
Relationship with audience
Trusting
Controlling
Big / Little Brother
sense of guide's strong authority and control
sense of vulnerability / fragility in the guide, he/she/it needs our assistance
Technical Requirements
No Use of Technology Necessary
Advanced & Hi-Technology Necessary
Situation with audience
Risky
Predictable
Location
Familiar
Unfamiliar
Performer
Non-human
Human
The experience of participation as
Affirmative
Antagonistic
Control of participation
Guided / precise / careful / minimal
Anarchic / messy / unpredictable / expansive
Experience
Individual
Collective
Audience
witnessing
spectating
Responsibility
Artist
Audience
Required availability of the artist
Completely available
Completely unneccesary
Format
Fixed / pre-recorded
Live / responsive
Absence as
compromise
benefit
Control
Lost
Total
Site
Neutral
Site-responsive / site-specific
Laziness as
selective participation
energy management
Sensorial experience
One sense
Multiplicity of senses
Authorship
Copyright
Open Source
Adaptation
Existing form
Showing Without Going
Mode of transmission
Experiential (i.e. physical, relational, immersive....)
Transference (i.e. representation, audience as observer....)
Audience
Spectator
Co-creator
Duration
A moment
Infinity
Preparation
Unrehearsed
Rehearsed
Responsibility
Artist
Host
Travel
On foot
By plane
Space & Connectivity
Offline
Online
Identity of Artist
Known
Anonymous
Absence
Imposed
Chosen
Active audience
mentally active
physical active
Technology as
Tool
Co-creator
Responsibility
Individual
Shared