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A bedtime story
2007
Networked performance
Skype phone (with no image)
30'' (max.)
http://a-bedtime-story.blogspot.com/
Instructions (pdf)
Documentation of one of the performances (pdf)
In my performance or performative projects I was always very interested in
exploring affection and intimacy, either as a live or media mediated practice.
I find quite fascinating the process of approaching a person and also being
approached by someone that participates in my performances. From my experience,
in order to create an intimate moment, in a performance, one has to establish an
empathic connection with the participant and be able to have a certain degree of
self-disclosure and give a feeling of being trustworthy.
Usually bedtime stories are told to children before they sleep, and these are
supposed to create a special moment that induces the child to fall asleep. There
is always an emotional bond between these two persons and the stories always have
a fictional or fantastical narrative.
I am interested in exploring the fictional aspect but also a dimension of enchantment
and mystery that can happen when you are listening to a voice without a face. There
is also a degree of mutual trust and discreetness, as the person to whom I am reading
to can actually fall asleep. As the participant can interact with me at any moment
and all is improvised (except the choice of the story), I can never guess the outcome
of each performance because the story might just be a motive.
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