SQUIRREL

3 HOUR DURATIONAL LIVE PERFORMANCE,

CARDBOARD, DOMESTIC ITEMS, PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND FOOD.

2020, ÁINE PHILLIPS ‘BUTTERED UP’ LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT WITH PERFORMANCE COLLABORATIONS BY ELLA BERTILSSON, HELENA WALSH, AND RACHEL FALLON, MART GALLERY, DUBLIN.

SQUIRREL

SQUIRREL HIGHLIGHTS IDEAS AROUND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE. CONFLICTING NOTIONS OF BEING FAMILIAR AND SAFE, AS WELL AS, SOLITARY, SECRET, CONCEALED OR PRIVATE ARE EXPLORED THROUGH THIS WORK. ACTIONS PLAY WITH WHAT THE AUDIENCE DIRECTLY CAN’T SEE; A BODY ENTRAPPED WITHIN HIDDEN WALLS OF A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE.

RANDOM AND CONFUSED MOVEMENTS, AS WELL AS, DYSFUNCTIONAL WAYS OF MULTI-TASKING AND UNPACKING TAKES PLACE WITHIN THIS CONFINEMENT, AND ON THE OUTSIDE, THROUGH CARVED OUT HOLES, AN ACCUMULATION OF OBJECTS AND DEBRIS DEVELOPS.