FIX09
artists: Morgan O’Hara, Third Angel, John Byrne, Curious
date: Wed. 30th September
During the course of the festival Morgan O’Hara has been in attendance at various projects with her Live Transmissions: drawings made by tracing the movements of the hands of the people she encounters. I made note in an earlier post of a collaboration with Hugh O’Donnell and on Wednesday she held half hour sessions from 1pm until 7pm at The Crown Bar in Belfast City Centre. Situated in a traditional snug, she held conversation with the visitor while tracking and tracing the gestural movements of the person’s hand. For the later appointments Sinead O’Donnell joined her and performed an action piece that involved her painting her finger nails over and over. This resulted in two very distinct drawings being produced simultaneously.
Presentation performance was strongly represented at the Event, a format that draws upon the use of film, projected images and to some degree audience interaction. John Byrne mixed his up with an approach not unlike stand-up comedy. Third Angel used a simulation of corporate/governmental office procedural systems along with personal narrative to create a dysfunction of logic and investigation.
