PERFORMER / AUDIENCE / MIRROR

of GRAHAM Dan

UNITED STATES, 1975, 00:23:00

Collection : Surveying the first decade
Genre : Performance, Filmed action
Keyword : Communication, audience, Relation

Summary :
In Performer/Audience/Mirror, Graham uses video to document an investigation into perception and real time informational "feedback." The performance is doubly reflected back to the audience by the artist's lecturing, and the architectural device of a mirrored wall. Graham has written extensively on how video, which can deliver information in real time, functions semiotically as a mirror. Using the mirror at the back of the stage as a monitor, Graham voices his unrehearsed observations, activating the various feedback cycles taking place within himself as performer, between the performer and audience, and among audience members. Issues of duration and attention are critical for both performer and audience.

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