Irene Loughlin the artist offers her hand by Caitlin Sutherland 1

Irene Loughlin by Caitlin Sutherland   The artist offers [her] hand to the spectator and the success of the operation depends upon how much the spectator is willing to accept it... Lea Vergine, The Body as Language.                 Wearing a white slip, paper skirt, and a large paper flower attached to her shoulder, artist Irene Loughlin sits stoically on the ground of a degraded gazebo, holding a black plastic horse staff. Surrounded by bags of coal, Loughlin invites the audience of her performance to participate, asking them to shovel the surrounding mounds of coal onto her body. Loughlin's performance, titled Carbon de la Pergola Arabe, takes place in Lota, Chile – a traditional coal mining town and home to the former empire of Isadora Goychenchea (of whom the gazebo is named after).    [  >>>>> FORWARD ]     Share | [Distillate © HA&L + Caitlin Sutherland  |  {from the Greek bios} -- the course of a life.] [And see a Portfolio: Performance Work & Video by Irene Loughlin] [This article is sponsored by Perpetuum Mobile: This Text is a Sculpture. An exhibition by Sona Safaei-Sooreh, curated by Caitlin Sutherland. Acknowledged with thanks by the Editor and Samizdat Press.]