Angela Viora

The Foreigner-Unknown Unlabelled Unexpected  is an open-ended durational performance in response to the migration question currently involving Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Who is the Foreigner? What if you were underneath the sheet? The work explores and questions notions of identity and territoriality, reality and virtuality, through the anonymity and vulnerability of the artist, and the active participation of the audience in the performance process. The artist’s body works as a mirror that reflected personal ideas, constructs, and emotions of the visitors, who experience and interpret the image of The Foreigner according to their personal histories and past experiences. The result is a multiplicity of perspectives on migration and beyond.

The Foreigner has been realised with the financial support of the Centre for Theatre & Performance and the Faculty of Arts at Monash University (AUS).

Photos: Kara Rasmanis and Jaime G. Dorner (Melbourne); Yiota Demetriou and the Daegu Art Factory (Daegu).

Videos: D.B. Valentine.

Assistants: Jaime G. Dorner, Alana Hoggart, Chris Wenn (Melbourne); Ina Abuan, Harmony Guevarra, and Peter Burke (Daegu).