performance
INDEX:
2023
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
• Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light
• 3 Reflections² (excerpt)
2022
• 3 Reflections²
2020
• I Called Out
2019
• NB/GNC: Mouring Call (final)
• They Clawed Me Out
• NB/GNC: Mouring Call (extended)
• NB/GNC: Mouring Call
• I Put A Spell On You
2018
• None Are Free Until All Are
2017
• Becoming Constellation
2016
• 3 Quiet Acts Of Resistance From A Lonely Queer Radical
• Wolf (excerpt)
• Wake
• (De)colonise
• 3 Cycles Of Otherness (reboot)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2010
2008
• Wolf (2nd iteration)
• Crossing
• Wolf
2014
• 3 Cycles Of Otherness
• Phoenix: Burning Down The White House (2nd iteration)
• Action with Poppy Jackson
2013
• Phoenix: Burning Down The White House
• Totem and Taboo
2012
• Becoming Home
• Make A Circle, Cross It
• Ode To 26
• The Production Of False Images Is A Requirement Of Capitalism
2010
• Tension/Intervention/Restraint
2008
• Icarus
Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light
2023
Ugly Duck (London)
DURATION:
20mins
MATERIALS:
Voice, Black sclera lenses, hand made mirrored bondage hood, black cotton t-shirt dress, tin bucket, sage, lighter fluid, matches, chrome cock cage, organic coconut oil, biodegradable silver glitter, brass hand bell, blue tint mirror ball spotlight.
ABOUT:
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”
“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.”
CREDITS:
Video & photographic documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. With thanks to Ash McNaughton, Mine Kaplangi, Ugly Duck, VSSL Studio & Queer Art Projects. Funded by Arts Council England.
DURATION:
20mins
MATERIALS:
Voice, Black sclera lenses, hand made mirrored bondage hood, black cotton t-shirt dress, tin bucket, sage, lighter fluid, matches, chrome cock cage, organic coconut oil, biodegradable silver glitter, brass hand bell, blue tint mirror ball spotlight.
ABOUT:
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”
“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.”
― Carl Gustav Jung
CREDITS:
Video & photographic documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. With thanks to Ash McNaughton, Mine Kaplangi, Ugly Duck, VSSL Studio & Queer Art Projects. Funded by Arts Council England.
3 Reflections² (excerpt)
2023
VSSL Studio (London)
DURATION:
10 mins
MATERIALS:
Voice, Mirrored fetish hood.
ABOUT:
A short excerpt of 3 Reflections² was performed in cooperation with Alicia Radage at the launch event of the duos joint exhibition for the FACET programme at VSSL Studio. At the event, Radage and Sebastian each activated a piece of their wearable sculptures with a short intervantion. Both artists sang simultaneously, lyrics from previous performances.
CREDITS: Video & photographic documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. With thanks to Ash McNaughton and Mine Kaplangi. Funded by Arts Council England.
DURATION:
10 mins
MATERIALS:
Voice, Mirrored fetish hood.
ABOUT:
A short excerpt of 3 Reflections² was performed in cooperation with Alicia Radage at the launch event of the duos joint exhibition for the FACET programme at VSSL Studio. At the event, Radage and Sebastian each activated a piece of their wearable sculptures with a short intervantion. Both artists sang simultaneously, lyrics from previous performances.
CREDITS: Video & photographic documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. With thanks to Ash McNaughton and Mine Kaplangi. Funded by Arts Council England.
3 Reflections²
2022
Institute of Contemporary Art (London)
DURATION:
3 hrs
MATERIALS:
Voice, Live recorded sound, Revolving platform, Tattoo kit, Body Jewellery, Mirrored fetish hood, Black lycra bondage hood, Black lace fetish hood, Soil, Candles, Tin bowl, Matches, Fire, Chrome cock cage, Lighter fluid, Wall mirror
ABOUT:
"This work seeps slowly, requesting patience, reflection, vision & vulnerability from both you and I. Repetitive actions loop on themselves again and again. Across three hours; three full cycles will be completed. Voice, light, language, adornment and a breaking of the skin; will be used in an attempt to temporarily bridge interiority and exteriority, the proximate and distant - the past, present & future. Alone, together - .ɿoɿɿim ɿυoγ mɒ I"
CREDITS:
Photographic Documentation: Zack Mennell. Video Documentation: Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. Written Documentation: Daniela Valz Gen (available here). 3 Reflections² was commissioned by FUTURERITUAL for the Institute of Contemporary Arts. With support from Ash McNaughton and in collaboration with Ant The Elder.
DURATION:
3 hrs
MATERIALS:
Voice, Live recorded sound, Revolving platform, Tattoo kit, Body Jewellery, Mirrored fetish hood, Black lycra bondage hood, Black lace fetish hood, Soil, Candles, Tin bowl, Matches, Fire, Chrome cock cage, Lighter fluid, Wall mirror
ABOUT:
"This work seeps slowly, requesting patience, reflection, vision & vulnerability from both you and I. Repetitive actions loop on themselves again and again. Across three hours; three full cycles will be completed. Voice, light, language, adornment and a breaking of the skin; will be used in an attempt to temporarily bridge interiority and exteriority, the proximate and distant - the past, present & future. Alone, together - .ɿoɿɿim ɿυoγ mɒ I"
CREDITS:
Photographic Documentation: Zack Mennell. Video Documentation: Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. Written Documentation: Daniela Valz Gen (available here). 3 Reflections² was commissioned by FUTURERITUAL for the Institute of Contemporary Arts. With support from Ash McNaughton and in collaboration with Ant The Elder.
I Called Out
2020
VSSL Studio (London)
DURATION:
30 mins
MATERIALS:
Black gaffer tape, gold leaf, sugar cane stalk, utility knife, leather hot pants, charcaol, iphone & loop station app, amp, small glass bowl, voice, live recorded sound.
ABOUT:
I Called Out was performed at the inaugural opening of VSSL Studio, to a small ‘bubble’ audience during the COVID19 Lockdown protocols.
CREDITS:
Photo documentation by Zack Mennell.
DURATION:
30 mins
MATERIALS:
Black gaffer tape, gold leaf, sugar cane stalk, utility knife, leather hot pants, charcaol, iphone & loop station app, amp, small glass bowl, voice, live recorded sound.
ABOUT:
I Called Out was performed at the inaugural opening of VSSL Studio, to a small ‘bubble’ audience during the COVID19 Lockdown protocols.
CREDITS:
Photo documentation by Zack Mennell.
