6’15”

Two gameshow hostesses communicate through their allotted medium: applause. In a sparsely extradimensional studio where letterboard, wheel and quizmaster have been usurped by a large illuminated ‘O’, they applaud with ever-increasing benevolence, trading enthusiasms and rhythms until their compulsory clapping turns uncannily compulsive.

“Ovation” is part of a suite of works plotting and re-staging the gestural vocabulary of hostesses across a range of genres, periods and cultures.