DIALOGUES

Intangibles

Intangibles is a performed conversation – a fluid pre-scripted exchange between divergent voices – on the cloudy and elusive notion of presence in performance. Working through their personal archives of experiences, images, video and sound recordings, Glendinning, Heathfield and Etchells have brought together a set of materials to explore these tricky questions, from their distinct perspectives as photographer and witness, critical theorist and curator, theatre director and writer.

Refiguring their remote exchanges with each other on the subject as they travelled around the world over a number of months, the three have composed an imagistic and moving spoken meditation on the diverse affects of presence in performance. Their conversation ranges between instances drawn from music, theatre, photography and dance. In the braiding of their voices a plural discourse emerges, touching on matters such as the appearance of a face, the sound of a voice and the movement of a body. On the way, they encounter tired singers, a pathetic ghost, illicit hairdressers, a frightened child and a sublime shipping forecast. Pushing hard at naming moments that were keenly felt, they ask what aspects of the phenomena of presence will remain out of reach of language and thought?

Intangibles is a collaborative performance-lecture, composed as a three-way written exchange between Glendinning, Heathfield and Etchells, and performed by Glendinning and Heathfield live, with pre-recorded video contributions from Etchells.

Photo and © Hugo Glendinning