The ballad of Isosceles (Fix 15 biennale of live art, catalyst arts, Belfast)

Matthews, AE

Abstract

A three-hour durational performance and artist's talk around this project.

The Ballad of Isosceles is a one-to-one performance for two people at a time exploring voyeurism, the Lynchian iconography of the chanteuse, and the strange rhythms of vicarious pleasure. It is an origin myth about the birth of envy in a previously innocent world. Isosceles, born out of wedlock from infidelity, tells the story of how she came to be - even as she pins you to your seat as the moth to her flame.

The piece explores innovative dramaturgical strategies by putting Girard's (1996) theory of 'triangulation' into spatial relations - creating an affect of envy through a particular audience set-up. As such, the piece continues my research into immersive performance strategies and the ways in which the one-to-one exchange might reveal larger macro-relations of capital and desire.

Citation

Matthews, A. The ballad of Isosceles (Fix 15 biennale of live art, catalyst arts, Belfast). [Performance and Artist's Talk]. 6 December 2015 - 7 December 2015. (Unpublished)

• Exhibition Performance Type: Performance
• Start Date: Dec 6, 2015
• End Date: Dec 7, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 9, 2015
• Related Public URLs: http://visualartists.ie/listings/belfast/fix15-international-live-art-biennial-at-catalyst-arts-belfast/; http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/festival/fix-15; https://fix15biennial.wordpress.com/
• Additional Information: Corporate Creators : Corporate partners: https://fix15biennial.wordpress.com/fix15-partners-2/; Funders : Catalyst Arts