Yana Taylor: Small Acts, Long Ripples

2024

Performance, Visual Arts

Artist/s: Yana Taylor

Stories of others’ experiences are often heard in the background, like a podcast while doing the dishes or travelling. Multidisciplinary performance-maker, Yana Taylor has designed a deep listening environment where a group of people tell their stories of transformation.

Everyday encounters in our life may seem small or insignificant, until we look back. Those amongst us whose life conditions are precarious often rely for their ongoing health and survival on these incidental moments. The resonance of these small acts is long. Against individualism, the artist communicates the power we have in each other’s lives, even when we are not acquainted or not aware.

These storytellers, while diverse, are not categorised in a program catalogue nor are their stories derived from interview questions. For an intimate experience, spectators are encouraged to take their time and to listen within the installation.

‘Small Acts, Long Ripples’ is commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre and began as a creative development at C-A-C in 2022.