REAL REAL #2

2018

Performances, Digital

Artist/s: Ivan Cheng, Eugene Choi, Hyun Lee, Anna McMahon, Brooke Stamp, Athena Thebus, Akil Ahamat, Ainslie Templeton, Enoch Mailangi, Amrita Hepi and Future Method Studio (Genevieve Murray and Joel Sherwood-Spring) performed by Joseph Althouse, Gussy, Jason Phu, Mimi Phu, Verity Mackey, Joanna Brooke, Chloe Kim, Kartika Suharto-Martin

Real Real is a commissioned series that utilises the inherently performative nature of social media as a platform for new performance.

Each edition kicks off with a two week residency at C-A-C that will unfold on Instagram, and will culminate in a streamed performance on Facebook Live.

Live streaming on social media platforms has become a highly contested public space. Legislators are scrambling to regulate what has become a medium weaponised by extremists, activated by community uprisings and utilised by corporate influencers. Real Real explores the limits of this space as a platform for live performance. Social media live streaming has not only changed who can broadcast, but also what it means to be a witness to a live event. Real Real asks how is technology influencing live world experiences?

In Real Real #2 Visual artist, Anna McMahon and dancer, Brooke Stamp continue their collaborative practice that has been developed over the past year through a mutual respect of each others nuanced sensitivity to space and time.