SHOWING WITHOUT GOING

Spectrums

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