The first version of the performance entre-deux was set in a public storage space. In an enclosed cubicle, the individual spectator finds himself head-to-head with two performers interacting with his shadow. Through the shifting negative of his/her body, the participator is able to see a live video transmission of the two performers located in a nearby space, who react and move according his/her movements.

Through the exchange between his shifting movements and those of two performers, the spectator actively participates in the creation of his own spectacle: his own body becomes his theater. The performance unfolds in between (entre-deux) the space inhabited by the spectator and by the performers.

With entre-deux, we question the spectator’s role, notions of voyeurism and intimacy in a public space, and the impact of technology on conceptions of the body, time and space. Who is our spectator and what energy is he willing to give in order to develop his own spectacle? Might liberty and the abundance of choice lead to stubborn passivity and paralysis? To what extent does one feel freer as long as one believes that no one is watching? The socio-cultural context of the location and the architecture of the space of the work shape the content and interpretation of this performative installation.

A first version of entre-deux was presented in May 2002, in the scope of the MAI02 event, in a public storage space in Ville St-Laurent, Canada. The project will be continued and transferred to mobile container spaces, which will be positioned in public spaces like: market places, parks, parking lots of shopping centers…