SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

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