Repeating Silence (2015)
Repeating Silence, 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, Melbourne, 8-11 October 2015, RMIT & VCA. Project assistants Ziggy Lever and Travis Cox. Curator Mick Douglas and shadow curator David Cross.
Repeating Silence 2, 1.00-2.00pm 9 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location RMIT University Gallery, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Video documentation: Travis Cox.
Repeating Silence 4, 2.30-3.00pm 11 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location riverside by Federation Square, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Camera: Travis Cox.
Repeating Silence 3, 1.30-2.00pm 11 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location Flinders Lane, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Camera: Travis Cox.
Repeating Silence 3, 1.30-2.00pm 11 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location RMIT Design Hub lecture theatre live streamed from Flinders Lane, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Photo: Monique Redmond.
Repeating Silence 1, 9.00-10.00am 8 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location RMIT Design Hub, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Photo: Travis Cox, Monique Redmond.
Repeating Silence 2, 1.00-2.00pm 9 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location RMIT University Gallery, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Photo: Travis Cox.
Repeating Silence 5, 3.30-4.00pm 11 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location Flinders Street Station, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Still from video – camera: Travis Cox.
Repeating Silence 4, 2.30-3.00pm 11 Oct 2015, performance with live stream video, in ‘Performing Mobilities’, performance location riverside by Federation Square, RMIT & VCA, Melbourne. Still from video – camera: Travis Cox.
‘Performing Mobilities’ is the 2015 Melbourne response to the worldwide Performance Studies International event ‘Fluid States’. There is a strong emphasis on performing in the public realm and relationships to passage and circulation i.e. how does public mobility manifest and operate?
Chris Braddock performs live at RMIT University Gallery and the busy lane ways of Melbourne’s CBD completely stationary and with his eyes closed for an hour at a time. He turns his head very slowly from left to right as if surveying the scene. Video images (from above and close up) are live streamed to tablets in close proximity, lecture theatres and to christopherbraddock.com.