An intriguing endeavour to re-define the boundaries of performance art

This programme depicts how an artist-in-residence at Brighton Polytechnic, Gary Stevens, works with an experienced group of student performers in the run-up to a show put on at Brighton's Pavilion Theatre on the 22nd of June 1989. After some brief scenes in a workshop where Gary's ideas are discussed and worked into what will become the actual performance, we hear from the performers themselves about how Gary's methods affect their understanding of the piece. The essence of the piece is to consider the performance as an object - or a sculpture made up collectively from the performers acting as a 'single entity'. We then switch to the Pavilion Theatre in Brighton, where the performance of 'Audience' is about to take place. As the performance gets underway, Gary is heard explaining what the piece intends to convey and cites the 'practice of looking' as well as the psychological undercurrents that apply to both the performers and the audience.