Benchmark 2006

Benchmark was a permanent installation commissioned by Artsdepot in North London, and winner of a Milly Apthorp Trust award 2006. The work integrated the everyday actions of the public around a long bench to create a continuously evolving choreograph based on sitting and standing. 

Viewers sitting on different parts of the bench activated specific video clips projected onto the opposite wall. The performers in each of the clips react in different ways depending on how many viewers are on the bench and where they are sitting.

Credits

Performers: Lyndsey McConville, Robert Bell, Bonita Chan, Aya Kobayashi, Lyndsey McConville, Matthew Slater, Aneta Szydlak

Choreography: Yael Flexer

Concept & installation: Nic Sandiland

funded through Arts Council England and the Milly Apthorp Trust 

Presentations

2006-2012 Artsdepot, Barnet, London