SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

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