HACED LO QUE OS DIGO, NO LO QUE HAGO.

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... MOST INTERESTING WORK (TO THE ARTIST) COMES THROUGH ... THE MARGINAL, THE UNEXPECTED ... NO CONVENTIONAL STAGING, OR SEATED AUDIENCES ... 'ORDINARY' LIVING SITUATIONS (WITH THEIR TREBLE. QUADRUPLE TWISTS) ... EXTREMES OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE ... WORK INVOKING REAL (NOT SYMBOLIC OR METAPHORIC) DOUBT, WONDER AND AWE ... THE USE OF ACTUAL DANGER (PHYSICAL AND MENTAL), CONTRADICTION AND 'ARTLESSNESS'... CONCERN WITH POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MALFUNCTION ... VICTIMS (AND HOW) ... BOTTOMING OUT OF VALUES ... SPLINTERING OF WHOLE SYSTEMS ... FEEDING FROM LIFE, NOT FROZEN CULTURAL FORMS ... BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY OPPOSITE AND NOT (THREE IS COMPANY, TWO A CROWD) ... SITING WORK OUT OF TRADITIONAL SPACES, THEATRES, GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, CONCERT HALLS, ETC. RE-ACTIVATING THE CONCEPT OF PILGRIMAGE ... GETTING THERE BEING PART OF THE WORK ... UNFIXING THE FIXITY OF TEXT ... WORKING FROM CRACKS IN OLD VESSELS ... MAKING WORK FROM GAPS IN NEW SYSTEMS... USING THE POTENTIAL OF DISTORTION THROUGH MEDIATION... WHAT DOES AND DOESN'T COLLAPSE IN ON ITSELF ... UNCERTAINTY AS SUBJECT AND OBJECT MATTER ... LINKING UP INTER REGIONALLY, GLOBALLY (NOT INTERNATIONALLY)... MAKING ART WITHOUT 'ARTISTS' ... MAKING 'NOTHING' ENGAGING, ENTERTAINING AND PROVOCATIVE ... ESCHEWING ARTIFICE ... PROMOTING WORK WHICH SHOWS FAITH IN THE PRESENT ... WHILE SURFING THROUGH POST MODERNISM, LOCATING PRE MODERN ARCHETYPES WITHIN ... FUSING ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL TIME / SPACES ... ENDEAVOURING TO REALIZE WORK FROM THE UNIMAGINABLE ...


MERGING .. HESITATING ... BOTHERING ... HELPING ... PROTECTING ... STOPPING ... SUPPOSING ... CONSTITUTING ... DISTINGUISHING... SETTLING ... TROUBLING..... POKING ... DISTRACTING ... EMBODYING ... ACCEPTING... RE-ANIMATING ... EXCEEDING ... INDICATING ... STRADDLING ... RE-CALCULATING ... CONVEYING ... FOBGETTING ... TROUBLING ... CONSTITUTING ... ACTIVATING ... QUITING ... DEDICATING ...ELUCIDATING ... HOUSING ...DISAVOWING ... DEEPENING ... LIVING ... PARTNERING ... ENCODING ... ENGENDERING ... ATTEMPTING ... CONFIRMING ... PROPPING ... MOBILISING ... DISAPPEARING ... OBSCURING ... ANCHORING ... EXPECTING ... ACCUSING ... SUSPENDING ... RUSHING ... REPEATING ... CLINGING ... TEASING ... BREAKING ... CATCHING ... THROWING ... TASTING SMELLING ... SHATTERING ... STITCHING ... ENTERING ... OFFERING ... RECOVERING ...RESOLVING ... FAINTING ... TUMBLING ... ROTTING ... SPEEDING ... BURSTING ... ABANDONING ... CARRYING ... LUMBERING ... MATERIALISING ...VANISHING ... IGNORING ... TRUSTING ... DELIVERING ... BURNING ... HAULING ... DECIPHERING ... DEMANDING ... RECUPERATING ... SALVING ... FUELING ... FORFEITING ... DROPPING ... REMINDING ... CRUMBLING ... INHABITATING ... INSISTING ... PROMISING ... REJECTING... CHANGING... CONNECTING ...