what remains and is to come

what remains and is to come consists of a performance installation – an immersive performance event of 50 mins duration with the residue of the event remaining as installed work - and an Artist Publication 'what remains and is to come: A Document' published 2014 ACE/Dance4/Middlesex University.

The practical research in 'what remains and is to come' led to new understandings of drawing and mark-making as choreographic activity in relation to material, score and flatbed distribution rather than expression, further proposing a low orientation of the performer presenting in the horizontal plane in the midst of other surfaces, materials, and bodies.

The project contributes to a field of choreography as expanded practice and presenting in visual art contexts, bringing attention to notions of horizontality, human and non-human agency and spectator perspective.

The performance-installation is a dynamic activation of material processes between paper, charcoal, bodies and breath. The audience is mobile, invited into the upcloseness of the event. A work-like approach, repetitive action, systematic enquiry and a concern with treating materials not as tools but as equal in the making process are guiding principles in the project. The book consisting of written scores, images and essays extends the concerns and concepts of the research and performance event.