"The Perils of Obedience" is a long-time multimedia project that will conclude at PARTICIPANT INC in May 2016. During one week four performers and theater director Niegel Smith, will work in the gallery. This project merges different media and challenges notions of social rules, participating on a larger debate about labor conditions and subjectivity. Following the performance a solo show by Spanish artist Itziar Barrio will take place in the space.
"The Perils of Obedience" is a trans-disiciplinary approach to the seduction of power. Inspired by Stanley Milgram's 1961 psychological experiments, the project confronts established sets of rules and cultivates the conditions for unscripted consequences. While being filmed, four actors are directed towards the completion of a scene. Situated in a conflict, the actors will reveal their inner desires and the power dynamics behind the group. The project blurs the line between the person and the character, the fiction and non-fiction. The audience witnesses at the same time the performance and the making of a movie.
"The Perils of Obedience" is a trans-disiciplinary approach to the seduction of power. Inspired by Stanley Milgram's 1961 psychological experiments, the project confronts established sets of rules and cultivates the conditions for unscripted consequences. While being filmed, four actors are directed towards the completion of a scene. Situated in a conflict, the actors will reveal their inner desires and the power dynamics behind the group. The project blurs the line between the person and the character, the fiction and non-fiction. The audience witnesses at the same time the performance and the making of a movie.