A space with some potential for movement

October 2022
Benjamin Sunarjo

Instructions

Preamble

This work consists of recorded instructions for movement. By listening to the instructions and following along, you become a performer of the work (Step 1). If you like, you can then reenact your performance from memory and leave a new recording for the next performer (Step 2). The work is about a process of self-observation of both inner and outer worlds.

Step 1

Put on headphones, press play, and follow along with the instructions, doing what they tell you. This is now your space and it legitimises you as a performer of the work.

Step 2

Press record and reenact what you did in Step 2 from memory. As you re-perform these movements, describe them and what goes on in your mind as you move and speak. Use the second person «you» to describe your movements: «You are moving your hand» rather than «I am moving my hand». Your recording is now the new and definitive version of the performance.

Good luck!

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