Last night I attended a night of performance art from Embassy members.

Each act was strong and powerful in it’s own way and touched upon a variety of subjects from race,gender and queerness to what we are mediocre at.

I felt that each performance desired a reaction from the audience whether it be that of outright shock/horror or the want to engage with the performance itself.Some performances engaged with the audience and made you part of the act.Such as a particular favourite of mine the act ‘Harbinger’ by Martina Morger and Wassili Widmer. It was a performance which I felt everyone could resonate with as it was about the monster in all of us. The word ‘Harbinger’ means a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

We are asked within this performance as to how we see the world.We are also asked to re-evaluate our cultural assumptions about race,gender and sexuality.Our perception of difference and our tolerance towards it’s expression.We are asked to question why we have created them and if fear of the monster is really a kind of desire.

I liked the fluidity of the movement of the female character and how she engaged with the audience crawling amongst them like a monster and whispering in there ears to shake her hand in 3 seconds time.The interaction between herself and the main monster character was interesting as they mimicked each others moves whilst the female character wore a painted face mask made of cloth.I also liked the use of light which created two shadows of the monster and due to the angle of the light the shadow cast two different images.

What made this performance stand out from the rest was how audience engaging it was making you feel alert and involved and a present part of the performance.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14D8aaAGqyauLVu2nh-M3WU4zFbx925En