PERMEABLE FOURTH WALL / GIFT / ENCOUNTER

PERMEABLE FOURTH WALL / GIFT / ENCOUNTER

In the interview, Peader describes an early punk concert where the audience entered the stage and the musicians moved into the auditorium.

This revealed the fourth wall as a permeable membrane.

Durational and participatory work may allow:

• audience intervention;
• performer vulnerability;
• shared responsibility;
• the audience returning the gift offered by the performers.