I am Square, You are Square

(A Shadow performance at the net(work) performance night)

I saw net(work) as a fair that wanted to challenge and embrace the capabilities of a relational art that aims to connect artist and audience member. My own interest in collaboration stems from a desire to negotiate our differences. These differences are linguistic in nature, cultural, and most obviously, spatial. Relational art exists without institutional barriers and at its best allows for real human contact, as defined by those experiencing it. Most importantly to me, it confronts anxieties created by borders. These borders are political in nature. They exist as a pre-discursive core to identity. With that said, I proposed to project a square of colour in the center of the room. In the square it read: “By casting a shadow on this projection I thereby agree to honour those next to me.”