i am having a circus in my apartment.
www.dianescircus.com is a work in progress.
Want info about the project?
I am funny and creepy and pathetic. So are clowns.
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Diane’s Circus
CIR-CUS -noun
a large public entertainment, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc. interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns
CIR-CUS -noun
an open circle, square or plaza where several streets converge- such as Piccadilly Circus in London or Carlisle Circus in Belfast
This is my circus.
It is the domestic space, disrupted by virtual worlds…
It is the private converging with the public …
Likewise, it is the convergence of the professional & amateur, tame & wild, conventional & strange.
It is a circus that never leaves my apartment.
It is a circus that can travel anywhere.
Diane’s Circus will take place in my home and online. It is a collaborative project, inviting people, both professional and amateur, to explore the carnal and prosaic dreams of the body and mind at home… I am interested ideas about place and privacy. When we are at home, can we be anywhere? Has this always been true in our private dreams?
Diane’s Circus invites you to
record a version of the theme song
request a costume (i’ll make it) and do something
do something in my cage
show me something and then perform with me
i will show you something and then perform with you
create a spectacle out of the ordinary
make some music (with or without me)
be a clown (with or without me)
do a dance (with or without me)
sing a song (I can’t sing)
do whatever you want
The website is an important aspect of the piece, not merely a portal for videos and images. I am collaborating with Tyler Campbell on the site, and we are really excited about how it is coming together. The circus will be an area to traverse, rather than a series of pages to visit.