It was good to get feedback from the curator, Kaavous:
I have been carrying around the proposals you sent and trying to work out which feels more relevant in terms of other works in the show.
I wonder if it would be possible for the 2 pieces to work? The work extended from Born Equal could perhaps be installed as part of the initial exhibition, or material ‘objects’ and perhaps the elastic performance could be performed on the last day of the exhibition, or somewhere near the end, in response to the other materials it finds there? This would allow the exhibition to exist as itself then for you to interact with it and create a new dialogue for people to explore. There are a few works that have either been ‘pre-performed’ (in terms of capturing sound or video) or require ‘post-performance’ (inviting the audience to respond to instructions or invitations) – some works do both.
I think the concept of the exhibition is developing into the exposure, or unpicking, of dichotomies that can exist between the making of work and the physical manifestation of work, and perhaps performance being a useful tool in terms of exposing this – particularly when the performance is viewed and the performance also leaves a trace. The question of when a work is a work – at what point is the manifestation of itself – is an unexpected one but hopefully something that will be of interest and will be explored in this show I think. And alongside that there is the mapping element that I am trying to work in, although perhaps that sits alongside naturally.
