Prism

Prism
Performance. (2013)

An exploration of eroticism and desire.

I explore the chair through touch, finding poses that slip between domination and submission, while speaking commands to any and all who may be watching. I invite the viewer to open and shut their eyes to the beat of these commands, interrupting their voyeurism long enough to let desires bubble up while minds wander the dark. Through submitting to this practice of obstructed witness, a physical score emerges, co-created by viewer and viewed, that is both a sensual undertaking, and an act of surveillance.

Created 16 June 2013
during church with the EMERGENYC 2012 cohort
led by Samantha Galarza & Sacred Walker

Performance History:

Re Performed 16 August 2015
at Silent Barn, Brooklyn
curated by Christopher Joseph Lee
Commands used: Switch

Re Performed 8 July 2013
at Panoply Performance Laboratory
as part of Through the Magnifying Glass
during the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival
Commands used: On/Off, Switch, A/B
Photos and Video by Rae Goodwin

Performed 20 June 2013
at Two Moon Art House & Café, Brooklyn
as part of Honey & Poison curated by Siobhan O’Loughlin
Commands used: Lights Up/Lights Down
photos by Edgardo Aguinaldo Parada