LIVE PERFORMANCE AT SOUTHWARK PARK GALLERIES
ORIGIN STORY
Installation and Performance, Southwark Park Galleries, 2022
Exhibited at Southwark Park Galleries as part of the Royal College of Art’s MA Print course (11–14 March 2022), this installation by Sara Varady combined handmade lightboxes with a live performance exploring the evolution of consciousness. The three etchings—Bigger than Me, Bigger than You, and Bigger than All of Us—were displayed in handmade lightboxes arranged in a triangular formation, their ascending height reflecting the conceptual rise from individual awareness to collective unity.
During the performance, Varady practiced Yin yoga while wearing a hand-painted bodysuit and VR headset. The virtual environment—a reimagined 3D scan of her own room created in collaboration with artist Charlie Pannell—was livestreamed to an old TV screen. By seeing what Varady saw, the audience was invited to inhabit her perspective; as she elevated her consciousness, they too were drawn into her experience of transformation.
The performance concluded with an interactive gesture, as Varady invited viewers to take a note containing a personal reflection or quote, extending the work’s message of shared energy, awareness, and unity.