I am an interdisciplinary video and dance artist who layers performance with visual art, remixed sound scores, spoken text, video, projection, site- specific performance and film. I enjoy cross collaborating with various artists and disciplines for it is through these collaborations I discover new worlds of movement and unique voices of art that cannot exist alone. I create as a choreographer, collaborator, and cinematographer, performances or environments that allow and encourage the viewer to become an active participant. These performances create relationships with the viewers and de-centralizes myself as the performer, offering a deeper more connected experience that allows the viewer to take ownership in. I believe that viewing art is an active experience and in creating this experience my performances hinge on the belief that without the viewer the performance cannot take place. The viewer and the performer have shared interchangeable roles that allow them to work together to create a performance that will be different every time with every new viewer. I explore as an artist, themes of intimacy and how an intimate experience can be created in performance through the use of time, site –specific space, non- proscenium performance locations and technology. I enjoy taking the time to know the viewers of the given performance and challenge the understanding of when a performance begins and when it ends by starting the performance weeks before the given date by utilizing the web and sending cards and mail art to those wishing to attend a performance. Ulitmately it is the simple everyday moments of life that inspire me to share my heart with you.
Learn More: http://www.tararyndershouse.com