Presentation #2

PROPOSAL #2, version 2

(working title: are we there yet?)

performance or performance video clips that explore ideas of place via the social contract that we find within them. Is this contract what defines a place? Or does the place require the contract? What is the essence of a place? How do we know where we are?

I am talking about 2 things: understanding place through an abstracted expression of it’s essence; understanding place through the social contract it creates and how that contract creates place (chicken or the egg situation).

To explore these ideas, I propose 2 things:

1. Make a series of performance clips. These would be short, staged actions, that either deal with expressing the social contract or the essence of the setting. Or both
2. Build a place. This would allow the audience to actually enter into this setting, and allow us the opportunity to use performance to manipulate the experience.

Some places:

• Kitchen
• Bar/club
• Laundry mat
• Waiting room
• Elevator
• Salon
• Studio
• Bedroom
• Den
• Livingroom
• Public/private bathroom
• Dressing room