Joanne ‘Bob’ Whalley and Lee Miller (University of Plymouth)
The idea of a boundary, a line which marks the edge of a territory, is particularly useful when considering what happens in the space between an audience and a performance. Philosopher Martin Heidegger’s assertion that a boundary is the point from which something emerges, offers a different perspective to the more commonly understood sense that a boundary indicates the point at which something ends. It is at this boundary that the intersubjective lies. This paper will consider how the intersubjective and affective exchange might be negotiated in interactive media performances, and explore how the space between author and audience is navigated.
Joanne (or ‘Bob’ as most people know her) Whalley and Lee Miller completed the first joint practice-as-research PhD to be undertaken within a UK arts discipline in 2004. As part of that project they began to reflect upon the process of creative collaboration and knowledge production by drawing on the ‘two-fold thinking’ of Deleuze and Guattari. These processes remain central to their ongoing work together. Alongside their creative practice, they both work in the UK university sector. Their current research includes an exploration of Buddhist, Vedantic and Taoist philosophies, with particular attention being paid to the concept of witnessing. Having spent too many years inside their heads, they have noticed they have bodies, and as a consequence Bob is now an acupuncturist, and Lee teaches yoga.