Putting my work in places that were not meant to present artistic work (library, metro station) and observing what happens to it in this situation made me think about participation and accessibility. As a comedian, I am used to being close to the audience. I am creating an almost intimate relationship with them. However, this relationship would be forming in my place (theatre or comedy club) and with specific rules and conditions. With those projects, went further. What happens when one meets an audience in a surprising setting? How do they react, how do they try to establish a different set of conditions, and what do they observe in regards to the audience's engagement?


 

From the press release:


En hyllning till lyssnandet! Kom och prata till vår inbjudna gäst.

Finns det en oupptäckt del av Stockholm som behöver bli lyssnade till? Konstnären och masterstudenten Aliki Tsakoumi från Stockholms Dramatiska Högskola tror det och hon vill vara mottagare!

Kom till Alikis hörna på Farsta biblioteket, sätt dig bekvämt och prata upp till 15 min. Du kan prata helt utan filter eller vara tyst. Aliki kommer att lyssna men inte svara. Aliki förstår grekiska, engelska och franska, och du får prata vilket språk du vill.

Det som sägs kommer inte att användas till något förutom att det blir en erfarenhet som ni delar.

Ingen anmälan, ingen kostnad, bara kom.

En hyllning till lyssnandet! Kom och prata med vår inbjudna gäst.En hyllning till lyssnandet! Kom och prata med vår inbjudna gäst.

"It is true that at its worst, delegated performance produces quirkily staged reality designed for the media, rather than paradoxically mediated presence. But at its best, delegated performance produces disruptive events that testify to a shared reality between viewers and performers, and which defy not only agreed ways of thinking about pleasure, labour and ethics, but also the intellectual frameworks we have inherited to understand these ideas today."

( Claire Bishop,2012, p. 477)