Critical Studies
Abhaye Mistry+
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Abhaya Mistry—None of this I had meant to say [In The Form of Response 2]
Butcher's Tears
Karperweg 45
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Get directionsFri 10.06.2022
5:05pm — 5:25pm
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Abhaya Mistry—None of this I had meant to say [In The Form of Response 2]
Butcher's Tears
Karperweg 45
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Get directionsSat 11.06.2022
5pm — 5:20pm
Abhaya Mistry (Australia, 1994) is a writer, visual researcher and maker. Her practice focuses on the body as a site of elasticity and performance. In her ongoing research, she combines performative gestures with stories that trace movement between forms of unruliness and discipline.
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Gesture 1
The performer sits with two rubber bands.
One is wrapped tightly around her right index finger,
the other is expanding and contracting on her left hand.
The audience watch.
The tip of one finger gradually turns blue,
the other hand is stretched and returned and stretched and returned and keeps going in this way inside the band.