SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

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