Public Space Performance/Action Interventions,
sharing space and process with Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith
New York Live Art Tour 8, Immersive
14 September 2023
Arriving in Manhattan via bus from Montreal, I had a few days to familiarise myself with the place before Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith landed from Germany. We had been sharing a performance/action diary practice since March 2023 from afar, using the public space in our immediate surroundings whether it be in homes (for Dagmar in Braunschweig, Germany and for me, in the Blue Mountains NSW Australia), often through the act of walking over a 4 to 6 hour period, or through a compulsion as we navigated everyday living. New York Live Art Tour 8, Immersive was an event that we could extend and apply our sharing. We are collating a book-form publication of our works which eventuated during this period but for the purpose of my website, I will be focusing on images of what I did.
The image series of performance/actions below emerged out of a 6 hour walking phenomenon which began as an impulse after emerging from an American Diner on 7th Ave. We would follow the compulsion to ‘act’ when we chanced upon a public scene, street corner or building. Acting as each other’s invigilator, documenter or witness.
All photos by Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith.
