And The Answer Will Give Rise To The Next Question, 2010
Collaboration with Jacqui Arntfield and W.J. Wilson (EQUΔLΔTERΔL)*
Interactive performance, hand-written text, chet paper, cocktail napkins
Taps & Tales, Toronto, Canada
02.03.2011
And The Answer Will Give Rise To The Next Question is an art intervention and performance that occurs in a common social space and functions under the usual guises. Facilitated by members of the collective, visitors will be waited on and served hand-written questions. Participants will be asked to respond to the question, and those responses will be redistributed, creating an open dialogue between strangers. By asking various questions, ranging from fundamental to frivolous, the performance aims to glean individual responses to be reconstructed into a collective, pluralist voice. The performance format is designed to be flexible, and the site determines how it will be carried out.
*EQUΔLΔTERΔL was a Toronto-based artist collective comprised of Emily DiCarlo, Jacqui Arntfield and W.J. Wilson, who created interdisciplinary projects with a relational, interactive focus between 2011-2017. Their projects required participation from the viewer, moving them from a passive role to one that is an integral part of the final work. With a preference for exhibiting in non-traditional spaces and doing site-responsive works, EQUΔLΔTERΔL’s projects appeared in streetcars, laneways, vacant storefronts, bars, parks, music venues and private homes.