LET’S PLAY
Let’s Play explored how clothing (or its absence) is gendered and surveilled in public. Audience members had the ability to momentarily dictate how Stewart was dressed. Those who attended both virtually and in-person were directed to a Google Form that allowed them to decide whether she would add or remove a layer of clothing. Those anonymous responses were shared aloud via a digital program to instruct Stewart as to how she should proceed. The performance was live-streamed to let audience members view the impact that their commands had on the performance in real time. Over the course of four hours, audience members submitted over 300 commands. Stewart began the performance in approximately 30 layers of clothing. At many times during the performance, she was completely nude, and by its conclusion, Stewart wore nearly 50 layers of clothes.