SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

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