SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

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