Desire
Desire is an intimate and unsettling solo performance for an audience of one. It explores sexuality, memory, voyeurism and the hidden tensions of social interactions. On entering the darkened space you are confronted by a large hooded figure in a bustle dress: you are increasingly aware of a rhythmic tapping from underneath her dress as her revelation of secrets, memories and intimate stories begins.
This is the third in a trilogy of one on one performances, in collaboration with costume designer Nadia Malik and the set and prop design of Ottis Strelly. Victorian dolls, fairy tales, De Sade and pornography continue to inspire Annette. She has a MFA in multimedia performance from Arizona State University. In July 2002 she was awarded a 32 month Forward Thinking Artistic Fellowship, which enabled her to move to Nottingham from Seattle to concentrate on her practice.
With ongoing support from Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University.