SHIVER: PHONE
The figures' faces are covered in plastic wrap, with a mobile phone in the middle of their faces also covered in plastic wrap. They ride the train together and have a video call.
Shiver is an exploration of objects and space through movement . It is a series of site-specific action-based performances by Bailey Keogh and Mascha Serga. The connecting premise of each performance remains the same:
Response without control: Two humanoid figures interact with manufactured objects, elements and technology without context to the social and/or functional queues of their makers. Instead, the figures anthropomorphize these objects- curiously relating to them as equals. They find commonalities in form, playfully comparing the mechanisms that compose them to their own and attempt to create harmony between the two.
Shiver exists in episodes, the settings, the figures and their gear are constantly evolving where each performance takes a new object, element, or technology to discover.
Shiver takes place in abandoned, high-traffic, and cultural spaces alike which means it can take place without an audience, in front of unsuspecting passers-by as well as before an active audience. Unconcerned by the spectator, the figures remain consistently preoccupied with finding their place alongside the objects, elements and technologies in front of them.
Text by Tania Luz Olivares Achach
