REPRESENTATION / SPECTACLE ↔ PRESENCE / EVENT

Clarisse does not arrive at representation bad/presence good. Newson combines documentary language and spectacular body; Stacy holds phenomenal body and subtext; Robert Wilson organises architecture of the sensible; Pina Bausch produces existential presence; Venice Audio Walk places fixed AI voice inside live moving environment; MAI makes duration transform consciousness; Punchdrunk makes spectator movement dramaturgical.

Presence has multiple ontologies. Clarisse’s definition changes according to guest artist. Do not create one final definition of presence; retain competing models.