Remote Intimations, 2009
Julie Laffin & Clover Morell, Site Unseen 2009, the Chicago Cultural Center (Dis)abling Conditions show. Special thanks to Claire Geall Sutton.
Julie Laffin and Clover Morell 2009.
Photo © John Sisson, Jr.
Due to my ongoing disability, I was unable to attend the annual Site Unseen exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center even though I was its primary curator from 2004-2009. Seeking a work-around, Claire Geall Sutton suggested I make myself available to the visiting patrons via video conferencing. What emerged was a collaborative piece in which Clover Morell and I set up a system whereby she became the conduit for my words, allowing me to interact with the audience in real time. While Clover was physically present and interacting with the viewers, a large video image of me was projected into the theatre on a 20 foot screen behind her which the whole audience could view simultaneously.
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