WESTERN FRONT – Meeting Points

Description:

While in residence at Western Front, Sanja Iveković presented Meeting Points in the gallery. The performance consists of two parts, beginning with Iveković performing in an empty gallery. Her actions in the space correspond to her anticipation of where the audience will eventually be, and the relationship that will develop between performer and spectator. Her actions are videotaped, and in part two, this footage is played back on a monitor placed in the corner of the gallery. She repeats her private performance for a live audience, synchronizing her actions to the video playback. In both parts, the action is videotaped from the same position.

The resulting documentation presents the footage from both performances as a diptych.

Presented in partnership with Video Inn and PUMPS Centre for the Arts.

Video documentation is available upon request.

Seen from above, Sanja Iveković stands near a glass-top cabinet on the north end of the gallery. She wears a white long-sleeved shirt, and her hair is tied in a low ponytail. She looks out towards the audience, who is seated on the floor along the walls of the empty gallery.

The audience during Sanja Iveković’s performance Meeting Points. Aside from a few folding chairs on the gallery’s periphery, the room is full of people sitting on the floor against the walls. The gallery door and window are painted black.

Seen from above, Sanja Iveković stands against a display case at the north end of the gallery at Western Front. She wears a white long sleeve shirt, jeans and her blonde hair is in a low ponytail. The room is empty aside from a set of three upholstered yellow folding chairs.

Captions:

Sanja Iveković, Meeting Points, photo documentation, Nov 1, 1978.
Sanja Iveković, Meeting Points, photo documentation, Nov 1, 1978.
Sanja Iveković, Meeting Points, photo documentation, Nov 1, 1978.
Sanja Iveković, Meeting Points, photo documentation, Nov 1, 1978.

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.