GENDERFICATION 2.8.16
THIS ARTWORK DEALS WITH THE NOTION OF GENDER INCLUSIVE OF BINARY GENDER IDENTIFICATION (AS OPPOSED TO BIOLOGICAL SEX.)  WE HYPOTHESISED IF INDEED GENDER IS REQUIRED FOR CONTEMPORARY STORY TELLING? AN EXPERIMENT, TO GLEAN IF AN AUDIENCE GET THE SAME STORY - THE ORIENTATION / COMPLICATION / RESOLUTION REGARDLESS OF ACTORS GENDER OR SEX. PERFORMED IS AN ANONYMOUS JACOBEAN TEXT. THE MONOLOGUE IS THE SAME HOWEVER PRONOUNS AND THE STRUCTURE OF EACH HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFULLY SHIFTED.  EACH ONE IS UNIQUE.  ACTORS ARE UNAWARE OF EACH OTHERS TEXT.  VIA VOTING CARDS  THE AUDIENCE  SELF INITIATE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO WHAT THEY SEE, WHAT IS PERFORMED AND THE IMPACT OF THE STORY AND WHETHER THE PERFORMERS GENDER, THEIR IDENTIFICATION PLAYS A ROLE.