BRAWL
Bright Light Public Art Series / February 2010 / Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver

As part of the Bright Lights Public Art Series in East Vancouver during the 2010 Olympic Games, Andy Livingstone Field featured Brawl, a staged evening performance dramatically lit by field lights normally used for sporting events. Tying in ideas of sport and spectacle at the crossroads of two contrasting areas of the city, Brawl highlighted the fine line between violence and theatre. Extending the collective's interest in exploring group identity, public space and collective behaviour, the megaphone-powered scripted performance included actions and texts borrowed from various films and historic Vancouver riots. Soccer-style scarves with texts from the performance ("We're number two/Who the fuck are you?" and "Who's on first?/Yes.") were given away to spectators.

Click here to view the Brawl script.

Photos courtesy Artspeak Gallery and Marianne Bos