Structura Gallery Performances: David Page. Thought Experiment, 2018

Thought Experiment, a time-specific and participatory performance created by David Page specifically for Subversive Play exhibition at Structura Gallery, curated by Izabel Galliera Page’s performance intends to explore the contentious yet necessary relationship between control and agency. The performance consists of restraint suits designed and sewn by the artist out of vinyl, felt and canvas in which two human volunteers are dressed, then immobilized onto boards and counterbalanced at sixty degrees to one another. Page refers to the restraining suits as “sarcophagus-like cover, which necessitates a device for ventilation and cooling.” He adds hand-operated bellows that invite the participation of viewers in activating them to ensure the people inside the suits are able to breath and are comfortable. Performers: Emona Ilieva, Gordan Koev Video produced by Kalin Serapionov © 2018 DAVID PAGE & STRUCTURA GALLERY