Identity
Burgoyne, Greig (2018) Identity. [Drawing, Exhibition/show, Installation, Performance, Site-specific work, Sound art, Video]
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One of 12 artists from across Europe selected to respond to the urban spaces and sites within the Netherlands oldest city, Dordrecht, as part of the festival 400Dort, curated by Yvo Van Der Vat.
Burgoyne responded with daily interventions through installation and performance that began by measuring the walkable space of his hotel room. The was then walked and recorded on floor cloths, in turn these became individual (stuffed with local free newspapers) soft forms based for each set of foot steps taken. The outcome 'My space your space, your space, our space' became a relational work that was less a series of 8 'accumulations of space' but more a means to meet and see Burgoyne's space become a shifting site generating interconnections and journeys with the public at random through the city streets. Less an artwork, but a catalyst for dialogue and exchange. Not a static experience that engagement with art can often be, but instead a catalyst for spontaneous dynamic connectivity to flourish.
The further works in the city included performances with locally bought materials such as polystyrene balls as in 'Spot the ball' where, much effort to throw a polystyrene ball repeatedly into the air and document it results on no ball being seen.
'Making a point' sees Burgoyne in the city square pointing to a pillar and seeking to follow a film of him walking towards said pillar. He fails and wanders everywhere but to the pillar, missing it on every attempt.
'Walk about' explores the role instructions, that are subsequently used to navigate and then attempt to reiterate a public space. Burgoyne walks a designated part of one of the city's squares. In this case a city square dedicated to one of Dordrech's most famous artist. Here Burgoyne records his voice counting each step of the designated area, then he plays it back on his iPhone and follows it. Absurdly, he appears deep in thought and focus (which he is) but absurdly lost and confused at the same time to the numerous bemused passers by he encounters.
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