CEREMONY OF THE VOID was a large-scale performance commission by ZOE WILLIAMS at DRAF, London (now the Roberts Institute of Art ) in September 2017.

This was a solo performance commission curated by Vincent Honoré for the 10 year anniversary of DRAF. For this I created an immersive performance and installation involving food, musicians, performers, video projections, costumes and ceramic sculptures. The performers moved around the space in latex costumes, designed by H Y D R A, fed each other and drink light yellow liquor from a central ceramic fountain, made by the artist and Rochester Square. Part tableaux vivant, the perform­ance teetered on the edge of the grotesque to explore notions of collective con­sumption, power exchange, pleasure, gluttony and ritualised behaviour.

Serenaded by a semi-improvised score from musicians Viki Steri (Cello), Dario Papavassiliou (Santur) and Patchfinder (Electronics), the performers indulged in a carnivalesque scene that was at times overtly sexual. This disorientating scene was enacted over an hour and a half to reach the intoxicated frenzy of an indulgent party, during which the visitor was invited to share in the revelry. 

READ the press release and artist text here