3 Short Essays on the Three Fictional Characters that Americans Would Most Like by Their Side in A Situation of Emergency

‘3 Short Essays’ is a performance featuring the TV/film characters that in a survey conducted in August 2007, Americans voted as the fictional characters they would most want by their side in a situation of emergency.

LOW PROFILE undertake a series of performative actions made using different found texts that relate to John McClane (from the ‘Die Hard’ films), Indiana Jones and MacGyver.

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Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin
Photo Credit: Oliver Rudkin

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Where this work has ended up

This performance was presented at: Miniature Essay: Happy Hypocrite, Spike Island, Bristol (2011); Watford Museum (~2012); Art Crush; The Junction, Cambridge (2013); Artsadmin Showcase (2014).

Video versions of this artwork were shown as part of Against All Odds (solo exhibition) Exeter Phoenix, Exeter (2013).

3 Short Essays on the Three Fictional Characters that Americans Would Most Like by Their Side in A Situation of Emergency