‘FoR AS LONG AS WE’re Here...’

“For As Long As We’re Here..” is a series of durational performative installations in which professional circus artists endure a durational performance of their personal circus discipline for several hours inside performance venues, galleries and site specific locations.

Each performer is presented as an individual installation and will perform one single circus action for the whole exhibition. Over the course of the day visitors will freely move about and observe as the performers are slowly transformed by the weight of time and effort.

Contemporary circus often attempts to break its traditional roots by embracing the styles and working methods of contemporary dance and theatre. However this can often lead to the power of the circus action to be diminished and interpreted as something other than itself. ‘For As Long As We’re Here’ seeks to show circus in its rawest and most vulnerable state by having artists maintain specific ‘circus actions’ for multiple hours whilst the visitors to the exhibition space can freely observe how the artist’s physical and emotional state changes over time. This project seeks to incapsulate circus through the strength, determination and perseverance of the artist’s performances.

The project collaborates with curators, composers and set designers. Each iteration of the work will be unique and redesigned to fit its new context. Until now the project has collaborated with: Andrea Salustri, Joseph Summers, Diane Barbé, Seán Ó Dáilig, Branwen Kavanagh, Zillah Francis, Donal McConnon

Direction: Darragh McLoughlin

Performers: Roman Skadra, Louisa Wruck, Tomas Vaclavek, Steph Mouat, Valentina Moletti, Theresa Kuhn, Hendrik Van Maele, Darragh McLoughlin

Production: Sophia Kurmann - PerformYourArt [sophia@performyourart.com]

Photos by: @Damira Kalajžić, @Eike Walkenhorst