Untitled: Live Video Interaction 2018

Peter Richards’ Untitled: Live Video Interaction Exercise 1 was first created in 1996. In the first of its two parts, the artist attempted to do “nothing” in front of a live audience, while being filmed by three separate cameras. The second part saw Richards attempt to mimic the edited video, to a single fixed camera.

The result was an unexpected form of improvised slapstick dance. For the exhibition 'Stop. Stop. Stop.' at Platform Arts, Belfast Richards revisited the work and created a new ‘Untitled: Live Video Interaction’, in collaboration with D.A.S., during the opening night. The resultant video was then installed in the gallery for the remainder of the exhibition.

An edition was acquired by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection ( http://artscouncil-ni.org/ )