CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING

A performance never appears inside a neutral void.

Meaning is shaped by location, institution, budget, political conditions, history, audience expectations, cultural codes, media, architecture and time.

Mart begins from:

WHERE ARE WE?

WHO IS HERE?

WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE?

WHAT DOES THIS SPACE ALREADY MEAN?

He often works OUTSIDE IN rather than beginning with a theme and illustrating it.