Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen’s Underworld. Photo credit: Tearlach Wales. Aiken and Jensen’s latest work, Airports, can be seen at Adhocracy 2018.
A loaded phrase, ‘experimental performance’ often conjures up difficult works situated at the most challenging end of the arts spectrum, while for proponents of the genre it’s a field that’s alive with creative possibilities. But what do we mean by ‘experimental’ or ‘contemporary’ performance, exactly?