re-performance

An emoji is the smallest unit of digital communication. In this ongoing project it becomes a reason for hundreds of people to be in the same place at the same time.

People unite in movements to create a large human kaleidoscope under a copper beech tree. As rain falls on their faces, they share in the experience of connection.

A group of healthy people including two children simultaneously fall to the floor during the opening of an art exhibition. The cause is as surprising as the fall itself.

Over 300 people come together in a German/Dutch border town as three model airplane clubs uniquely fly in formation, origami cranes are folded and large crane sculptures flown over the airfield.

During half time at a regional Aussie Rules Grand Final, over 400 fans ran onto the field and lay down alongside performers. Together they covered the lines of centre square with their bodies.

A man dances a waltz with a lawnmower inside a maximum-security prison. Twenty palm trees tower above him. The waltz is filled with hope but underwritten with despair.

People from different worlds come together, unified by a communal spirit of making art. What emerges during rehearsals quietly reveals how people connect by building on what they have in common.

An art intervention masquerading as a real everyday event. Officials conduct surveillance in Martin Place, Sydney, recording the public without their knowledge. No one asks why.