Circus Act proposal 2023
Central to the exhibition ‘Circus Act’ will be ‘The Wall’, created in November 2022 over the course of the exhibition ‘The Great Escape’. The Wall will be reconstructed and further developed. The two end sections becoming separate pieces; ‘Anima Auditions and ‘The Ballet of Desire’. These sections will be replaced with 90cm wide pieces of MDF.
A corresponding section, from the middle panel of each of the two larger sides, will be cut out. Creating a doorway and short passage in the shape of a coffin. Referencing the painting ‘My Death’ and echoed by the print, ‘Death & Birth’. Midway in this passageway, over the course of the two-hour opening, there will be a live female figure lying horizontally, traversing the space. Her head and feet extending into the gallery space.
This figure will be performed by Courtney Sharos, as commissioned element and collaborative artist. The figure she embodies will be blowing bubbles. Referencing ‘Lip Reading’ originally from 2003 and ‘The Poet’s House’ from 2022. Where a horizontal mouth is blowing bubbles, which delicate as they are, are cutting through the obstacle of the maze.