A site specific dance by RAWdance in the YBCA gardens.
Unlike reproductions of other types of artworks, photographs of performances, by virtues of their focus on artist’ body, allow the viewer to engage with the artist in a haptic, as well as a visual sense. Encountering the shared ontology of the bandy makes the viewer mindful of his or her own physical presence as witness to the pictured event (even if it well after the fact.
Kathy O’Dell, Contact with the Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s