Research Catalogue

The structure of the exposition is elegant and clear. The continuation of the red tape from the squash court into the web page layout functions well as a conducting element among the diverse readings of the performance and architecture explored. The play with the architecture of the squash court and the sports centre is engaging. The sports centre is inscribed with a shifting vocation symbolic of the uncertain history of its surrounding political geography. I think the use of the space in the performance for its acoustic properties underscored well the centre’s historic resonance, emphasized by having a brass band playing (symbolising a militaristic nationalism)  I would have liked a better documentation of the performance included with the exposition (the included video trailer is a confusing element as it sees to announce an event that may or may not take place, and, like a film trailer, functions less as documentation and more as a teaser  for the event). The performance, the event that was the catalyst for this exposition seems a little lost within the various reflections and interpretations made by the authors, reflections that are informative and insightful, yet that seem to obfuscate any description of the performance. The rigorous, focussed simplicity of the works of Krasinski and Lucier, referred to by the authors, seems to be lacking in their own multi-faceted performance that combined musical composition, live video and participatory elements. I would like to see the authors reconsider this approach to their practice and develop it more coherently in its form, while maintaining the necessary interdisciplinary nature (in this case crossing music with architecture) of the work. This is not an easy task I understand, but artistic research approach needs to be as demanding in the rigour of the artistic practice as it is in the research emanating from it.