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Caitlin Dear
Caitlin Dear is an experimental artist currently based in Narrm/Melbourne and previously in Stockholm, Sweden. Their perspectives, values and approaches, both artistically and beyond, are informed by their identity as an autistic, queer person. Caitlin is a passionate thinker, mover, reader, scholar and collaborator who has neurodivergent-style special interests in human–tree relations, plant intelligence, the nature of perception and theoretical/philosophical frameworks. Her artistic practice uses choreographic approaches to working interdisciplinarily across performance, live art, social practice, writing and practice-based research. She creates sensorially and intellectually engaging experiences, whether it be an action in a gallery, performance in a theatre or outdoor engagement in a public setting. Whatever the content/context, Caitlin’s work prioritizes community/audience participation, incorporating immersive or interactive elements to directly engage people with the inquiries of Caitlin’s projects, thus working towards dissolving boundaries between artist, audience, artwork and everyday life. Their work has been described to (paradoxically) engender clinical wonder and focused multiplicity, encouraging audiences to ponder philosophical problems from an embodied perspective with a scientific sensibility. Caitlin strives to create projects that ask questions, engender reconsideration, further knowledge, introduce the body as a site for inquiry, facilitate connection and accessible participation, employ inter/trans/post-disciplinary approaches, create malleable relations between facilitator, audience, author and artwork.