It provides us with choices.
One of the striking features of Tiny Stadiums is its particular brand of interactivity: I mentioned some early discomfort in the face of live artistic practice, but all of the events happening over the weekend are hallmarked with the most important choice - that of initial participation or non-participation. Discomfort in the face of a strange object or situation can be a good thing, making us re-assess everyday behaviours and their origins. Sometimes this is enough for one day. Sometimes we want more.
Watching a cycle of Tiger Two Times' performance 'Nature League Inner West', the dynamic between performer and spectator undergoes interesting permutations. There is a sizable crowd outside the two 'greenhouses', white wooden structures covered in builders' plastic and linked by a foil duct.Tiger Two Times occupy one greenhouse, the audience for this performance (one adult and two children) enter the other. You choose a numbered box and receive, in return, a shared experience... the strange thing is that the performance is as audible, and actually more visible, to those standing around on the footpath than those on the receiving end in the greenhouse. But it is those on the path outside who shuffle uncomfortably and walk away when the sound ceases, like illicit consumers trying to avoid the busker's hat. The flimsy greenhouse, screened only by the condensation that builds on its interior walls seems to provide both a cover, and an immersive connection to the artwork that casual observation cannot match.
One of the striking features of Tiny Stadiums is its particular brand of interactivity: I mentioned some early discomfort in the face of live artistic practice, but all of the events happening over the weekend are hallmarked with the most important choice - that of initial participation or non-participation. Discomfort in the face of a strange object or situation can be a good thing, making us re-assess everyday behaviours and their origins. Sometimes this is enough for one day. Sometimes we want more.
Watching a cycle of Tiger Two Times' performance 'Nature League Inner West', the dynamic between performer and spectator undergoes interesting permutations. There is a sizable crowd outside the two 'greenhouses', white wooden structures covered in builders' plastic and linked by a foil duct.Tiger Two Times occupy one greenhouse, the audience for this performance (one adult and two children) enter the other. You choose a numbered box and receive, in return, a shared experience... the strange thing is that the performance is as audible, and actually more visible, to those standing around on the footpath than those on the receiving end in the greenhouse. But it is those on the path outside who shuffle uncomfortably and walk away when the sound ceases, like illicit consumers trying to avoid the busker's hat. The flimsy greenhouse, screened only by the condensation that builds on its interior walls seems to provide both a cover, and an immersive connection to the artwork that casual observation cannot match.
J.M.D.
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