Contributing Artists

(Installation by) Georgia Wall

Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:

Performance art is frequently defined by its ephemeral nature and the presence of the artist’s or a surrogate’s body. In Unseen Performances (November 2009 – November 2010), Georgia Wall (MFA 2011) explores the role of memory and documentation in the experience of performative work. The exhibition consists of accounts provided by viewers compiled by Wall following live performances. In Wall’s work, documentation of the event is replaced by records of the perceptions of those who have seen the work, transmitting the responsibility or communicative nature of the work to the viewer.