When I think of the river, I think of you — Gemma Jones Performance

When I think about the river, I think of you,

1 hour Live Site Specific Performance Virtual Twin, Art House Worpswede, Germany

is a new performance by VIRTUAL TWIN where we propose to exhibit an expanded site specific performance inspired by our recent virtual
residency at Lunchtime Gallery, Glasgow (01.01.2021 - 31.03.2021) which will be archived in the form of a experimental video or audio tbc.

Our idea is to explore the ‘technological bodies of water’ between two physical bodies from one geographical anchor to another. Through performative scores reflecting themes of hydrofeminism, care, community, remoteness, ableism and imagination.

At a time of our choosing which enables accessibility for both bodies we intend to code and script each other's movements via a live audio device. Our performance score to each other will be created in direct relation to our immediate surroundings and will be made up of a mixture of improvisation and pre researched thoughts, tasks and words. These vocal scores will therefore induce movement and gestures in the respective other twin. Both VIRTUAL TWIN Y and X become interconnected to discover image based vocabularies driven by the voice and instructions of one another. This leads to the exploration of the humanisation of HydroFeminism where in this case it has become a strategy that connects: hardware to the body, nature to the body and finally the two separate bodies.

Through this performance we aim to not only connect ourselves, but also our environment around us. As we both often work site-specifically, we have chosen to propose this performance specifically for Kunstler Worpswede. This is because during our research residency earlier this year Virtual Twin X spent February at the Kunsthäuser Worpswede. Therefore we wish to explore ideas of memory, re-enactment where Worpsede has become our place of intersection.