Bonnie
Cowan
Performance Maker
Marina Abramović: In Residence was a twelve day immersive installation during June 2015 in which Bonnie facilitated audience members through a series of transformative exercises and experiences. Commissioned as Kaldor Public Arts Project's Project 30, and held in Sydney's Walsh Bay Pier 2/3, the piece allowed four-hundred audience members inside the space at any time in order to slow the pace of their lives. Facilitators, alongside Marina Abramović herself, took audience members by the hand and encouraged them to participate in various exercises designed to allow those to stand present in the moment.
Bonnie, alongside a team of facilitators, undertook an intensive three-day training prior to the performance, instructed by Lynsey Peisinger. The training taught the exercises as they were intended to be performed through the Marina Abramović Method and set an atmosphere for the project ahead.
Photo credit: Peter Greig, Lynsey Peisinger and Gabrielle New.