workshop and performances in collaboration with Claudia Triozzi, Célia Houdart, Loïc Touzé
“I will be staying at La Criée for four days to do preparatory work for Friday’s performance. What interests me there is giving my work daily public visibility and constant access, while denying myself any sense of privacy.” Furthermore, since I find working alone difficult, I will take advantage of this time here to meet with a new person every day—artists chosen from among those I’ve lost touch with and whom I miss. These brief encounters will inspire my work for the day and may lead to impromptu duets, presented to the audience present at that moment. Finally, on the evening of the last day, a performance will be presented, reflecting the events and encounters of the previous four days.
These are, therefore, three forms of presence, three levels of relationship with the public, three levels of observation through which nothing I do will escape—a balance between the necessary private space and the public sphere: -- daily presence at work, with the chance encounters that this entails and a particular kind of interaction; -- the event, a scheduled encounter—not quite a performance but already spectacular—which the passing public will witness, feeling not the least bit uncomfortable, included, yet perhaps a bit awkward because they are excluded from the intimate circle formed by these two bodies in public space; -- the performance, a situation clearly understood by everyone, where the audience and the “performer” know their place, are still seeking it, and hope to emerge from it changed.”
Alain Michard, event brochure Déplacer, La Criée centre d’art contemporain, 2000
