heidi j. boisvert

How to Effervescence in Public, Private Spaces with Strangers

Concept, Co-Writer & Performer 

How to Effervescence in Public, Private Spaces with Strangers is a collaborative art piece co-created and performed by Heidi Boisvert and artist duo Andersmith for The Grid's: Exposure - Art + Tech + Policy Days during the Ars Electronica 2020 Festival for Art, Technology & Society. The participatory art experience invited audience members to share survival mechanisms through everyday gestures. Participants explored the absurdity of social choreography in human interaction through play, emotional keepsakes, a new gesture vocabulary and the sonic texture of human voice. The performance was presented by ZERO1.

You can watch the performance here.

This piece was first commissioned by CounterPulse for the Matchbox Hyperlink series.