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The artist-exhibitionist |
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When I use performance I am, in some way, exhibiting myself. I always pay attention to the social context in which I have been invited to develop my work, aiming to create work which is respectful and appropriate to the situation I find myself in. During a residency in East Asia (Japan and Taiwan 1999) I formalised the concept of the artist-exhibitionist. I was using the international language – English – to communicate and so found it pertinent to play on the different meanings of the words exhibition and exhibitionist. The artist exhibits work: an artist who exhibits himself as his work becomes an artist-exhibitionist. What are the means and desires that drive the artist to expose their body in a particular situation? Furthermore, I would argue that all artists exhibit, or show something of themselves when exhibiting work. I use this term in order to focus on the responsibility of the artist. Since 2002 I have developed an artists’ film programme at a cinema as an extension of my work on the artist-exhibitionist. This proposal is called the International Exhibitionist. Artists working in a variety of media are invited to participate. They are asked to choose the way they wish to exhibit themselves and their work in the cinema space. Cyril Lepetit
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