Our creative research on invisibility leads us to examine how invisible things are perceived, discussed, and experienced across cultures. We rely on unseen elements in our everyday world to give us strength, hope and even life itself. Simultaneously, however, there are invisible forces that also oppress, silence and ruthlessly take lives.
How does that which is invisible influence our lives? Is there a difference among cultures in how invisible things are perceived, discussed, and experienced? The Invisibility Lab is building an Archive of Invisible Things by inviting participants to anonymously share their thoughts on the unseen elements that exist in our world and how they impact their lives and relationships.
We invite visitors to fuel this research and to add something to the Archive of Invisible Things by filling out one of our Archive Sheets during an Invisibility Lab event, or through online digital questionnaires like the one posted here.
The physical paper worksheets gathered at our events are preserved in binders and will likely be published in either book form, online, or both.
The data collected from all sources is analyzed and interpreted through different creative disciplines and transformed into new works including audio scores, video, text-based art, performance work, songs, multi-media installations, and more.
Performance Collection History
Date: 11 November 2017
Quantity: 1
Length: 15-30 minutes
Event: Artists Party
Location: Otis, Massachusetts
Date: 26 October 2017
Quantity: 15
Length: 15-30 minutes each
Event: Invisible Republic – International Conference on Music, Avant-Gardes and Counterculture. October 25-27
Location: Lisbon
Venue: University of Lisbon/School of Arts and Humanities and Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT)
Conference organized by: Anabela Duarte (ULisboa) and Andrew Hussey (ULondon)
Themes: Politics and Aesthetics of Invisibility
Web Link: Web link: https://invisiblerepublic.info/full-program/
Date: 24 October 2017
Quantity: 1
Length: 15-30 minutes
Event: Engagement with stranger at sidewalk café
Location: Lisbon
Date: 13 October 2017
Quantity: 3
Length: 15-30 minutes each
Event: Engagement with friends
Location: Istanbul
Date: 09 October 2017
Quantity: 1
Length: 15-30 minutes
Event: Engagement with passenger
Location: In the air between Berlin and Istanbul
Date: 08 October 2017
Quantity: 2
Length: 15-30 minutes
Event: Engagement with residency artists
Location: Berlin
Date: 07 October 2017
Quantity: 1
Length: 15-30 minutes
Event: Engagement with host
Location: Liverpool
Date: 15 September 2017
Quantity: 7
Length: 15-30 minutes each
Event: OPENHAUS – Berlin Art Week. September 14-18
Venue: ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics
Location: Berlin
Date: 14 September 2017
Quantity: 24
Length: 15-30 minutes each
Event: OPENHAUS – Berlin Art Week. September 14-18
Venue: ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics
Location: Berlin
Web Link: http://www.zku-berlin.org/timeline/openhaus-14-15092017/
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