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Name: Adam Castle

School: Acland Burghley School

Town: London

County: London

Year: Year 13

Inspiration: My work investigates the ideas of queer theory and questions society’s traditional ideas of gender and sexuality. Inspired by the work of artists such as Cindy Sherman and Leigh Bowery, I enjoy using performative elements in my work, from live and physical pieces in front of an audience, to perfomative photography using costume. I am interested in how the objects which we surround ourselves with, the clothes we wear and our day to day actions contribute to how we are percieved, our sense of identity and how these identities can be subverted.

Title: Artemis

Description: This performance piece came out of a personal project looking at queer lives and sexuality. The semi-improvised performance investigated the personal experience of having an obsession, fascination and lust for someone who does not reciprocate. The idea of exorcising and releasing these emotions drives this exaggerated, messy work. The figure which I portrayed (dressed in white) seems to suffer from this unbalanced sexual dynamic, attempting to both destroy and bond with the balloon clad figure, who has been elevated to a higher status by this relationship. This balloon clad figure, on the receiving end of such obsession emotions seems relatively unharmed and oblivious to this relationship. This unbalanced relationship between the two figures is the central focus of this work.

Medium: video

Width: video Height: video Depth: video

Keywords: Performance art, live art, sexuality, queer, desire, obsession, fascination, exorcism and release