Images from the installation-performances and workshop projects will be published here
kat macdonald preparing dress/set for her installation performance
(the design for the large black dress was created by Inflationary Assets)
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shedding is a reworking
of the piece shedding femme from 2021, an examination of the ways in
which feminine archetypes around fashion and presentation can entangle and constrain
us, even lead us to a lost concept of the self.
Fashion and cloth are an amplification of the persona. They hide and shape our
forms to present us the way we ideally would want to be viewed. They are the
perfect tools for an artist looking to explore a break from the persona and
the pursuit of freedom. As both an artist and a human being - I look for routes
away from constricting and limiting myself. I want to be seen beyond the deceptions
of projected personalities.
You’ll notice this black space in the gallery. Throughout the next 3-4
hours, I will slowly cut my way out of it, one small hole at a time. The piece
will be complete once I have removed the dress at its centre, from the curtain
of fabric.
You are welcome to come up and look through the small holes that I create, however,
please refrain from clutching the fabric as it may fall down prematurely. The
dress and its design were created by Inflationary Assets, a small Community
Interest Company in the UK run by artist Agnes Cameron. You can find both this
text and our websites on the screens by the technical desk.
The sound of this piece is twofold. As I cut small holes in the dress, there
is a microphone inside that takes that sound and delivers it to software of
my design. This software does a process called granulation, which you’ll
hear through the fragmented sounds sent back.
The other part of the sound is a pre-recorded piece of music I composed called
“internal_revolution” (available online), which will have its playback
speed and direction altered every hour. The harmony of the two sounds forms
the thematic backbone of the piece, perhaps conforming to the film music ideal
of informing an audience of how to feel.
The piece will be live-streamed and broadcasted on Instagram via a camera in
the corner.
Last thing. You’ll notice some scissors distributed around the space.
Please feel free to take them and cut a small hole in the dress, by pinching
very gently before cutting.
The audience is welcome to come and go as they please, leaving the gallery and
returning at different points to see how the piece has progressed.
Kat Macdonald
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(c) Johannes Biringer
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Was ist Interaktions-Kunst? Ein Manifest.
10 Years of Interaktionslabor:
Vanessa Michielon interview with Johannes Birringer
Allgemeine Beschreibung des Labors/ General Description of the Lab
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(francais)