SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

Preparation
Unrehearsed
Rehearsed
Authorship
Copyright
Open Source
Location
Familiar
Unfamiliar
Presence
Artist absent
Artist present
Control
Lost
Total
Sensorial experience
One sense
Multiplicity of senses
Laziness as
selective participation
energy management
Adaptation
Existing form
Showing Without Going
Big / Little Brother
sense of guide's strong authority and control
sense of vulnerability / fragility in the guide, he/she/it needs our assistance
The experience of participation as
Affirmative
Antagonistic
Required availability of the artist
Completely available
Completely unneccesary
Duration
A moment
Infinity
Identity of Artist
Known
Anonymous
Awareness of artifice, absence, (a)liveness
Aware / sure
Unaware / unsure
Addressing absence and distance in the work
Address as an explicit content
Address as implicit content
Responsibility
Artist
Audience
Performer
Non-human
Human
Technical Requirements
No Use of Technology Necessary
Advanced & Hi-Technology Necessary
Active audience
mentally active
physical active
Technology as
Tool
Co-creator
Experience
Individual
Collective
Absence
Imposed
Chosen
Space & Connectivity
Offline
Online
Absence as
compromise
benefit
Audience
Spectator
Co-creator
Situation with audience
Risky
Predictable
Responsibility
Individual
Shared
Site
Neutral
Site-responsive / site-specific
Responsibility
Artist
Host
Travel
On foot
By plane
Format
Fixed / pre-recorded
Live / responsive
Engagement Period
One Performance / Workshop
Weekly sessions / Yearly Collaborations
Control of participation
Guided / precise / careful / minimal
Anarchic / messy / unpredictable / expansive
Relationship with audience
Trusting
Controlling
Mode of transmission
Experiential (i.e. physical, relational, immersive....)
Transference (i.e. representation, audience as observer....)
Audience
witnessing
spectating