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Circle Drawing is the third in a trilogy of performance works that explore the idea of extended cognition - a term used to describe the idea that thinking should be seen as a dynamic exchange between our minds and the stuff of the material world. The more-than-human environments we inhabit play an active role in how we think and act, defining the trajectory of our individual and collective evolution. The three performances use the human body as a drawing device to work with some of the fundamental geometries that exist below the surface of things

Shibari is a form of erotic bondage - a power exchange between the person being bound and the one binding. Natural jute ropes are used to reform and accentuate the body, often leading to the receiver being suspended above the ground using a network of weaves and knots. In Circle Drawing, rope is replaced with the fibre optic cable used to transmit data though the internet. Accompanied by an improvised sound work performed live by Moire, one performer binds her partner, slowly elevating her into suspension just above the ground. As the receiver is bound she attempts to draw a perfect circle with a piece of raw red ochre pigment on the surface she’s being lifted from. This task becomes increasingly difficult as the performance progresses, distorting the shape of the circle. Circle Drawing alludes to the possibilities and limitations that result from our relationship with the technologies we create

  • Circle Drawing
  • 2016
  • raw red ochre pigment, fibre optic cable, sound, strobe
  • 18 minutes
  • collaboration with Marika Leila Roux, Gestalta Judd and Moire
  • photo credit Jonah Wyn Pugh