Tag: performance
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Slack
On research trip to Yinchuan, China, with Bbeyond [performance art collective] in October 2024 I came upon and unfamiliar and unexpected scene. At the 108 Pagodas, tourist site, I sat to rest and noticed rabbits in a cage nearby. I wrote a short poem: two fat bunnieson a swing they don’t knowthat they live at…
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circles & paradox – frithchosúlacht
Níl fhios agam fosta ach, rinne mé ten public performances attempting physical paradox. The restriction or boundary on the work initially felt quite cold and impersonal, ach tar éis am a caitheamh leis, but I started to lean into this discomfort, ag fanacht le, beith ann ar feadh uair a chloig, and it led me…
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We Should Not March to the Beat of the Same Drum
October 2025 ‘We Should Not March To The Beat of The Same Drum’ is a performance by Rebecca Strain Performance in CCA’s Project Space as part of the Bounce Festival.Drawing on Homi Bhabha’s notion of the ‘third space’—where cultural meaning is negotiated rather than fixed—this live performance explores the tensions between heritage and innovation, collective…
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As Far As I Can See
Beforehand In 2024 I was gifted a sculpture by artist Christian Skagen for potential use in my performance. Every week at the Bbdb performances I observed, played with, balanced, tugged at and imitated the sculpture to understand it and know it better. In October I was invited to Yinchuan, China by Bbeyond as part of…