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I have a Spanish and a German passports to my name, and have lived in the UK 19 years already. I identify as a European Mongrel. Artistically, I make work from the position of an outsider. Hybridity & otherness are cornerstones to my performance and live art practice.
I have already touched upon the notions of Europe and Brexit in previous works. You can check them out on my website under the PERFORMANCE section: “No More These Sounds” (2016); and “Bride of Brexit” (2019). Both of these performances welcomed and engaged audiences from different positions on the Brexit spectrum. They were attempts to find a common ground for discussion among people in different 'camps'. |
If you speak English & another language:Please record the following:
(in English) “Goodbye ______.” (insert the name of the countries/regions of your choice) -pause- (in the languages of that place) “United Kingdom, goodbye.” -pause- (in English) "______, goodbye!" (insert the name of the countries/regions of your choice) -pause- (in the languages of that place) “Goodbye United Kingdom!” |
If you just speak English:Please record the following:
(please remember that English regional accents are also welcome, as well as languages other than English which are native to the UK - in that instance, follow the other script) “Goodbye ______.” (insert the name of any countries/regions in the EU you'd personally like to say goodbye to) -pause- "______, goodbye!" (insert the name of the countries/regions of your choice) You can do this for several countries/regions! |
Why is the project titled HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE? “All those eyes intent on me. Devouring me. What? Only two of you? I thought there were more; many more. So this is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the “burning marl.” Old wives’ tales! There’s no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE!” The quote above comes from the end of Jean-Paul Sarte’s 1943 play “Huis Clos” (commonly translated as “No Exit” in English). In the play, three characters arrive in in hell – which happens to be a drawing room. As they struggle to understand what has led them to here, and what their punishment may be, they quickly gather that there is no torturer. No executioner. No flames to burn their souls eternally. It’s just the three of them, trapped in a deadlock.
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