Dusting-off and feigning the old trick of ventriloquism to reflect how we perform and interact as disembodied beings via social media.

 

In a series of live and recorded performances with Hector (ventriloquist dummy as interlocutor), I enacted, attracted and engaged actual online “voices” in conversation with this anachronistic 'virtual' being.

 

This body of work includes:

 

The Dummy Is Present, a live media performance which took place simultaneously online, on Chatroulette.com, and in front of a live audience--participation was encouraged;

 

On Display, a video in which Hector performed personal ads from the m4w section of craigslist;

 

Reenactment of Vito Acconci's Seedbed, a live performance based on Acconci's seminal 1972 work, with live video projection;

 

Other short performances prototyped at Experimental Comedy Training Camp, a residency at The Banff Centre, 2012 (contact the artist for links to password protected videos); and

 

 Social Media--Twitter and Tumblr accounts and a Facebook page.

 

See the press section of this site to read more about the work.