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“whenever you get there, there is no there there”

this work takes its title from gertrude stein’s remark in her memoir,​ everybody’s autobiography (1933). I find myself inhabiting surreal circumstances amidst social distancing and movement restriction controls in an already impossible world. I consider the form of the digitalized “live” work as an absurd paradox. in this performance for the camera, a dancer is seen starting over and over again from frame left.

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THERETHERE

single-channel video
00:09:51

concept / choreography / performance : jee chan
video / dramaturgical assistance : stefan pente

curated by anna tregloan
for the liveworks festival of experimental art 2020
presented by performance space

at carriageworks (gadigal / sydney) and online
22 october 2020
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