Performer/Audience/Mirror by Dan Graham (1975)

Recorded at Video Free America in San Francisco, this work is a phenomenological inquiry into the audience/performer relationship and the notion of subjectivity/objectivity. Graham stands in front of a mirrored wall facing a seated audience; he describes the audience's movements and what they signify. He then turns and describes himself and the audience in the mirror.
Graham writes: "Through the use of the mirror the audience is able to instantaneously perceive itself as a public mass (as a unity), offsetting its definition by the performer ('s discourse). The audience sees itself reflected by the mirror instantly while the performer's comments are slightly delayed. First, a person in the audience sees himself 'objectively' ('subjectively') perceived by himself, next he hears himself described 'objectively' ('subjectively') in terms of the performer's perception."
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[@Kamoto24]

This performance is very impressive . The amount of concentration that takes to tell others every thought that you have has to be very huge. I’ll try to do a performance like this, it interests me a lot

[@MitchellLutes]

Tim Hecker NTS brought me here

[@stagnatic]

Rest In Peace.

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rip

[@Zeus31092]

do you have a full transcript of this film?

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