SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

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