‘Aesthetic Indifference’ developed out of a performance produced during a residency at Eastside International in LA in 2015. Arts Council of England funded project. It was launched alongside a performance of the text at X Marks the Bökship, March 2016. Penny worked through the novel ‘Less Than Zero’ by Bret Easton Ellis to explore though interpretive reading, the social symbolism and culture poetics of clothing. The reduced text is published with visual references, from personal photographs and found material, playing with the idea of clothing as a form of communication. The text was read by Carl Taylor Lewis, an actor based in London, and the first performance 2015 at Eastside International by Nate Clute an actor based in LA.
Carl Lewis Taylor, (in front of screen) for performance at X marks the Bokship, London
Nate in front of hanging, acrylic on canvas. Styled by myself
Reading by Actor Nate Clute 2015 at Eastside International Artist Residency LA
Carl Lewis performing the text Aesthetic Indifference at the Launch of publication at X Marks the Bokship, supported by Arts Council of England 2016