COMPUTERS

Been thinking about all this computer technology that I’m rapidly becoming acquainted with. I’ve been in my own little world doing my thing fortunately or unfortunately I’m in the position that everything is on my doorstep or finds its way to me so as a consequence don’t have to venture far very often. It’s like you’re in your own box occasionally coming out to drag something new in then retreating again. The computer, this window into a vast network of knowledge at your fingertips opening up cultural borders around the world instantly. Not much labour involved accept trying to stay awake, think I’m becoming addicted. Isn’t this fantastic tool just allowing us to retreat into our boxes again, it allows us to research, socialise, network and even indulge in abit of voyeurism (didn’t that used to be illegal) but none of this is physically.

This has given me an idea for a performance I think I will call it ‘Progression & Regression’. All that is needed is a big box, laptop, sound and a body simple barebones. And some projections on two walls, corner of a room. The observatory would be good.

It’s about boundaries before you had to go out and gather info from external resources physically. Time and labour intensive. The computer has no boundaries it is global it can cross boarders and cultures in the bat of an eyelid. This is a major problem with native cultures their knowledge before was in these places and only people that were really interested would go hunt for it. Now with all this digitisation even if you weren’t looking for it you come across it. So it is rife for bastardisation.