Re:Site (after R. Morris) 2018
with Robert Luzar
Commissioned by Beaconsfield,
filmed performance for ‘In whose Eyes' 2018
at Beaconsfield Gallery, London
Originally commissioned by Beaconsfield 2018 for the exhibition ‘In Whose Eyes?’, this work is an adaptation of the performance piece Site by Robert Morris. In the original, Morris ‘dances’ with an 8 x 4 ft. sheet described as plywood, while Carolee Schneemann sits naked on a white bench (in the pose of Manet’s Olympia). A four page long choreography script of this performance describes the movements in detail. I asked the artist Robert Luzar to work with me on this idea, and we subsequently developed the current version of this performance together.
In my adaptation of this script by Morris, the roles of the performers are swapped: here, ‘Robert’ sits on the bench – with clothes on, in no particular pose – while I follow the choreography of the original piece performed by Robert Morris.
︎︎︎ OAR Publication
