The photographer left, he told the truth

19, 20 October 2012 Beursschouwburg Brussels Concept: Charlotte Bouckaert Performers: Michel Yang and Armand van den Hamer Dramaturgical advice: Carlotta Scioldo Voices: Philippe Severyns and Katja Dreyer Technician: Ivo Oosterlinck Co-produced by Pianofabriek Kunstenwerkplaats With the support of Bains Connective and STUK Funded by VGC, the Flemish Community Commission of Brussels Special thanks to Maya Dalinsky, Ian Gyselinck, David Bratzlavsky and Steve Salembier Photography had fundamentally changed in relation to the digital revolution and the emerging image culture. In this era everybody is a photographer. The photographic gaze is omnipresent in our daily actions. So by refocusing on the position of photography; its limits and its characteristics within image culture, ‘The photographer left, he told the truth’ was born. Performative arts as an opportunity to investigate this position. ‘The photographer left, he told the truth’ is a performance which renders its audience into photographers. The viewer enters a black box. The performance takes place outside the box. Only by taking pictures the performance is seen. As a photographer, the viewer decides which scenes reveal themselves. The performance is created from the awareness how to anticipate on the photographers gaze. Every performance will be different, as every viewer has his own way of looking and making pictures. Pictures are all what is left of the performance and every viewer gets his piece at home by email, as a continuous document of the performance.