Crowded Action

Crowded Action interacts with the movement of pedestrians and viewers and with the architecture of a live space. The performers use the existing activity of the space – walking, standing, sitting – to build choreographic patterns. The crowd, invited and accidental, is both the audience and the subject of the performance. Crowded Action offers a mirror of behavior, movement, flow and architecture of the space in which it it adapted. It also creates a strong awareness of public space as shared space.

Crowded Action was commissioned by the Taiwan Embassy, New York in November of 2006 as a reflection of the behavior and nature of crowds in relation to environment. It has also been commissioned by Tacheles, Berlin (July 2007) and Victory Hall, Jersey City (May 2007).

The concept of Crowded Action was developed with visual artist Diego Britt

Presentation

Crowded Action can be presented as a covert event which occurs inside another event, or as a performance in itself. Crowded Action requires at least ten performers. In New York Shua Group collaborators join us for Crowded Action; elsewhere presenters partners with us to recruit performers for a short rehearsal process.

Presentation History

Taiwan Embassy, New York City, November 2006 Visionary Arts ProjectsJersey City, New Jersey, May 2007
TachelesBerlin, February 2008 -- visual installation