TRAGEDY OF EQUALITY

Three performances have been recorded, which have taken place in triangular-based spaces and through direct contact. These spaces showcase the struggle between production and consumption of two desiring bodies, exposing the binary law of domination and subjugation that maintains them. The paired contenders, confined within a restrictive territory, mirror a global system of desire and fate constantly moving and consuming each other. A competition of sorts occurs, triangulating desire, reality, and expectation within the bodies. Repetitive actions create a flow of production and interruption. ‘Production’ takes place and is consumed, aimless except for maintaining the bodies’ survival and its individual value. The actors wear neutral white uniformed attires and abstracted masks, a take on the classical Greek Tragedy. By eliminating their identities, they transform their bodies into neutral territories competing for dominance. The structure becomes the battleground, where the action eventuates in a sterilization of external appearances. These operations pave the way for the undifferentiated, a possibility of equality as a transgression against the standard or an erosion on differential qualities. The actions are inscribed in spaces where production flows to only record counter-production—a competition for difference where difference is not allowed. Each contender alternates dominant and submissive roles, a futile competition in an eternal struggle for bringing equality forth.