Hannah Whittaker
Emotional Distancing
Conceived and filmed in a time of isolation and lockdown, this piece remembers how we can unintentionally distance ourselves within relationships due to our actions, pride and selfishness. How sometimes we need to make the effort to go the distance and close these gaps in order to be reunited. Using the familiar visual layout of a Zoom call, which now many performances have adapted to and toyed with, this piece plays with convention and boundaries.
Hannah Whittaker is a performance maker, digital artist and workshop facilitator based in Kent. The form of her work may fluctuate from high-tech digital installations to very basic one to one encounters, but her focus is always on interactivity and using it as a means to facilitate dialogues that explore topics around the human condition. Hannah has exhibited internationally and worked with Tempting Failure, Strangelove Festival, Live Art Bistro, IdeasTest, Sparked Echo, 51zero, 30Bird Productions and Greenman Festival.