Sophia Cleary

I am an interdisciplinary artist focused on performance and liveness. I make my work through the lens of the fool, and I use play as a method and critical position to engage my viewer in a system where power dynamics necessarily shift. 

In my live performance work, I focus on the space between myself and my audience. This space is an aperture that restricts or expands – I use humor as a lubricant to mirror, respond to, or disrupt the status quo. In my current work, I tease out the theatricality embedded in disciplinary systems that control and condition the body. 

From readymades to monologues, my work addresses the stakes of live performance and lays bare its attending contracts and procedures.