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Performance "True a Lie"
As part of a critical studies seminar at Goldsmiths College I performed a lie detector test as its subject. Facing the viewers, a spotlight directed at my face, I was strapped into a chair and connected to a lie detector. I was to answer questions put to me by the public - my fellow students. The questions were not restricted while my answers were limited to a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’. My reactions and face expression were screened in real-time as a large video projection behind me. Next to it, also enlarged were the movements of the voltmeter's hand swinging sideways according to my responses. The Interrogator - a strict clerk sitting close by at a table with a small spotlight, introduced the performance. Our voices where amplified through speakers. The performance lasted for 15 minutes and was documented on video.
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