Angela Viora

The Foreigner

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). 

The Foreigner-Unknown Unlabelled Unexpected

Live performance (2.5 hours).

PSi#24 Performance Studies International Conference, Daegu Art Factory (SK). 5th July 2018.

Video credits: Daegu Art Factory (cameras), D.B. Valentine (editing).

Photo credits: Panayota Demetriou, Daegu Art Factory.

Assistants: Peter Burke, Ina Abuan, Harmony Guevarra.

Sponsor: Monash University (AUS). 

The Foreigner performance Daegu Art Factory South Korea 2018 PSI 24 Conference

The Foreigner performance Daegu Art Factory South Korea 2018 PSI 24 Conference

The Foreigner performance Daegu Art Factory South Korea 2018 PSI 24 Conference

The Foreigner performance Daegu Art Factory South Korea 2018 PSI 24 Conference

The Foreigner performance Daegu Art Factory South Korea 2018 PSI 24 Conference

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 - Unknown Unlabelled Unexpected, live performance (5 hours).

Centre for Theatre and Performance, Monash University 2016 (AUS).

Photo credits: Kara Rasmanis, Jaime G. Dorner.

Video credits: Travis Hodge (cameras), D.B. Valentine (editing).

Assistants: J.G. Dorner, Alana Hoggart, Chris Wenn.

Sponsorship: Faculty of Arts Grant, Monash University.

Video Screening:
In-Diretta, solo Exhibition, Fossano (IT) 2016. Curated by Atelier Kadalu with the support of the City of Fossano.

The Foreigner performance in Melbourne

The Foreigner performance in Melbourne

The Foreigner performance in Melbourne

The Foreigner performance in Melbourne

The Foreigner performance in Melbourne

The Foreigner performance in Melbourne

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). 

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