Watch The Premiere Of "The Performance" By Avery Wheless
shot & directed by Avery Wheless
art direction & styling by Kari Fry
choreography & movement by Cami Árboles
music "I Left My Juul in Monterey" by Niia Bertino
clothing by SUBSURFACE
What does it mean to be a performer? The Performance explores the connection between fabric and figure, self and body, perception and performance. As humans, we are always in a kinetic state; always moving, shapeshifting, and grappling with the impermanence of the human experience. To be human is to be the sculpture and the sculptor—we are being passed around to, for, and from each other, molding and being molded along the way. This piece is an embodiment of these sentiments through an intentional synthesis of garment, body, movement, and form. It represents a return to self—a self that embraces the beauty in evolving, sculpting, and shedding. We are forever performers on our own stage.