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‘Fulfilment’ and ‘Future-Orientation’

I don’t expect, nor need, the audience to understand this from viewing, but as a central concept, I would like to make space to unpack my use of these terms as they are fundamental to my conceptual practice. ‘Fulfilment’ ‘Fulfilment’ is at the centre of my enquiry, it is a concern present in my past […]

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Relational Presence in Post-Proximity Days: dance – alone, together

dance – alone, together. movement classes: spatial and two-dimensional; the disembodied gaze of the zoom camera; the non-sensual guidance of the teacher; the formation of a studio, equipped with artefacts of moments of this indoor life; the continuation of practice and preparation, forging a reason beyond restlessness, or the need for distraction; seeking pleasure; ignoring […]

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Letting People into my Practice

I was speaking to Luke Collins about my practice, the direction of it, and considerations for how I might communicate my ideas in a way that allows people in.  One thing we discussed was reframing the function of titles, we established how currently I use titles to envelop my ideas, but how, since I have […]

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Compulsive Assimilations to Normalcy

Compulsive striving, what I argue is in a sense attainment of social ideals, indicates alterity within through the urgent escape of the socially alien. Sites of social reproduction indicate sameness as pivotal to self-determination and stability. In this sense, I consider error, contingency, and idiosyncrasy quiet resistance, a denial of the self-materialisation of socio-political permeation. […]

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Persuasion. Dismantlement. Security.

I have been thinking about hermeneutic interpretation, and how this ideology could be worked into performance to assist both in the persuasion of audience perception and in silent dismantlement of security. I am thinking about comfort and expectation, I don’t want to guide the audience particularly, but I would like to play with gestural relations […]