Touch(ing)
Participatory Performance, 2013
Duration: 120 mins
Performed at Gallery Aferro, USA
Performers: Aj Mannion, Hanna Castoro, Malcolm Michael, Megan Gecik
Photo credits: Alexis Devaney
As you enter the room, you see four performers siting on stools arranged in a circle. They are all facing the center. There are marks on the floor that are suggestive of viewer’s participation. As a viewer enters the center of the space, the performers walk towards the viewer. As they approach the viewer, they whisper phrases that are suggestive of bodily tactile experiences, while gently moving their hands close to the viewer’s body. The performers do not stop until the viewer decides to walk out of the center.