A DAY OUT WITH RUFUS (2020)
A DAY OUT WITH RUFUS by Lee Campbell. Extending Leeʼs previous performances into gay male coupledom – HOW CAN I GET MY PARTNER TO BE MY FINGER? and WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR DINNER? – this performance is centred around a conversation that takes place between a gay male couple – one present – Lee, and one technologically distant, – Leeʼs partner, Alex. Alex ‘speaks throughʼ Leeʼs finger via a tape-recording. As a result of lockdown, many of us have spent far greater time at home with our partners. Lee and Alexʼs ongoing conversations about getting a dog form the narrative content . This performance relates to what Alex remembers and what Lee remembers about a shared experience: a day out with Rufus the dog, the dog they dog-sit. As individual memories arenʼt always shared, the conversation might reveal some startling yet humorous differences in terms of each personʼs recollection.
PERFORMED AS PART OF ONLINE PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL 17 (OPAF17)ON OCTOBER 23RD 2020
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