PRVCY

A interdisciplinary performance work examining the personal, public and virtual impacts caused by the disruption of privacy in contemporary society.

Developed at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art 2016/2017.

With the extraordinary rise in information technology in the past 20 years has come a concurrent shift in the nature of privacy in contemporary society. The collection of personal data by public and private organisations, both willing and inadvertent, has become a major component of our lives that are increasingly affected by digital space.

PRVCY is a work enveloped in the context of this technological world. It explores the rise of information technology and the resulting impact upon the individual’s sense of self and their relationship to the world around them. It explores as a central premise the artist's observations of evolutions that occur every time an individual’s privacy is breached. This can either be towards being more open, inclusive and exposed, or more withdrawn and protectionist, with the resulting shift changing societal nature. The work takes examples from contemporary personal, national and global narratives, and traces the impacts of these evolutions, from the intimate sharing of life (and, increasingly, death) across social media to the influence rogue governments and corporate entities have in political processes. This is explored through interweaving live performance and text, sound, live streaming, and video content, including from a drone within the performance space.

Concept / Direction / Visuals:

MARK HASLAM

Performer / Creators:

ELLA HETHERINGTON; SARA BLACK; LAURA BOYNES

Sound Design / Composition:

TRISTEN PARR