Undress / Redress

'Art that is daring, bold and radical' Disability Arts Online (on Cherophobia)

A woman lies in a bare room being dressed, being undressed.

A live, durational performance that explores the interaction between a female, disabled body and an able bodied male. Essentially familiar and at the same time absurd, the manner in which the man undresses and redresses Lakmaier remains ambiguous. Is this consent or tolerance?

A man is stood undressing a woman, their is a pile of clothes on either side of them.

The camera is staring through a gap in the wall. A man is standing in front of a woman, the woman is sat on a white block with her eyes closed.

Looking through a gap in a wall you can see a white room. A woman is sat to the side of this room, dressed in a suit.

Images from left to right © Joy Stanley and Manuel Vason

Touring Information

Production details
ARTIST: Noëmi Lakmaier
ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY: Live Arts Development Agency, 2011
NUMBER OF PERFORMERS: 2 [the artist plus one male performer]
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN TOURING: Option 1: 2 people – the artist & Jordan McKenzie, Option 2: 1 person – the artist [male performer needs to be recruited locally – must own a suit and be able to lift the artist 55kg]
FREIGHT: none
TOURING AVAILABILITY: March 2017 onwards
SCALE OF VENUE: Small- medium scale (audiences come and go throughout the performance MINIMUM PERFORMANCE SPACE: 8 m x 8 m
OTHER VENUE REQUIREMENTS: must be wheelchair accessible
PERFORMANE DURATION: variable
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: 3.6 m x 2.4 m wooden space with ceiling needs to be constructed, 2 CCTV cameras need to be installed and liked to 2 identical monitors/screens [monitors/screens need to be provided, artist can provide CCTV cameras and receivers, if compatible.
ALSO CONTAINS: Nudity

At IBT17
VENUE: Arnolfini
PRODUCTION DATES: 10-11th February
PRODUCTION TIMES: 12:00-17:00
DURATION: 5 hours each day [3x 20 min intervals]
Co-PERFORMER: Jordan McKenzie

Contact
ADDRESS: London based
EMAIL: [email protected]
CONTACT FOR TOURING: Noëmi Lakmaier