The Artist as Facilitator: Being present with & loving the unknown

• Main Author: Meghan Moe Beitiks
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Performance Philosophy 2019-11-01
• Series: Performance Philosophy
• Subjects: practice-as-research; object-oriented ontology; new materialism
• Online Access: https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/114

Object-Oriented Ontology presents stark implications for the process of the artist. If all matter is alive, then all things are co-performers, and all art becomes performance. How does one work with the presence of the non-human, and what are the ethical implications of attempting to attune to its needs? Beginning with the object of a table, and considering it within both Graham Harman's discussion of "The Third Table" and the thing as a performing object, Meghan Moe Beitiks analyzes the presence of the non-human in performance and asserts a need for awareness, consideration and love in the creative process.